Adoption : opposing viewpoints / Andrew Harnack, book editor. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1995.Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
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Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV875.H289.A367 1995
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Contents:
Joss Shawyer -- Adoption is an act of compassion Marvin Olasky -- The orphanage system should be reestablished Charles D. Aring -- The orphanage system should not be reestablished The North American Council on Adoptable Children -- Preserving biological families should be encouraged Nanette Schorr -- Creating more adoption possibilities should be encouraged Elizabeth Bartholet -- The rights of birth mothers must be protected Concerned United Birthparents -- The rights of birth fathers must be protected Paul Sachdev -- The rights of adoptive parents must be protected Hal Aigner -- In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was right Carole Anderson -- In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was wrong Mary Beth Style -- Gays and lesbians should have the right to adopt children Carole Cullum -- Single adults should be encouraged to adopt children Vic Groze -- Surrogate mothers should help childless couples have children Elizabeth Hirschman -- More residential communities should care for children Mary-Lou Weisman -- Informal adoptions should be supported Charmaine Yoest -- Foreign adoptions should be discouraged Kenneth J. Herrmann Jr. and Barbara Kasper -- Foreign adoptions should be encouraged Elizabeth Bartholet -- Transracial adoptions should be forbidden Audrey T. Russell -- Transracial adoptions should be encouraged Rita J. Simon, Howard Altstein and Marygold S. Melli -- Special needs adoptions should be promoted Judith K. McKenzie -- Special needs adoptions should be reevaluated Katharine Davis Fishman -- An open adoption policy is best Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- A sealed adoption policy is best A. Dean Byrd -- Myths about adoption should be dispelled Peter L. Benson and Anu Sharma -- Adoptees searching for birth parents should be helped Arthur D. Sorosky, Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- The courts should do more to protect adoptive families Harvard Law Review -- Adoption agencies must provide more post-adoption services Kenneth W. Watson -- Unnecessary barriers to special needs adoption must be eliminated Lynn G. Gabbard.
Subject: Debates issues concerning the adoption of children, presenting arguments both in favor of and against adopting.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Adoption is a violent act Joss Shawyer -- Adoption is an act of compassion Marvin Olasky -- The orphanage system should be reestablished Charles D. Aring -- The orphanage system should not be reestablished The North American Council on Adoptable Children -- Preserving biological families should be encouraged Nanette Schorr -- Creating more adoption possibilities should be encouraged Elizabeth Bartholet -- The rights of birth mothers must be protected Concerned United Birthparents -- The rights of birth fathers must be protected Paul Sachdev -- The rights of adoptive parents must be protected Hal Aigner -- In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was right Carole Anderson -- In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was wrong Mary Beth Style -- Gays and lesbians should have the right to adopt children Carole Cullum -- Single adults should be encouraged to adopt children Vic Groze -- Surrogate mothers should help childless couples have children Elizabeth Hirschman -- More residential communities should care for children Mary-Lou Weisman -- Informal adoptions should be supported Charmaine Yoest -- Foreign adoptions should be discouraged Kenneth J. Herrmann Jr. and Barbara Kasper -- Foreign adoptions should be encouraged Elizabeth Bartholet -- Transracial adoptions should be forbidden Audrey T. Russell -- Transracial adoptions should be encouraged Rita J. Simon, Howard Altstein and Marygold S. Melli -- Special needs adoptions should be promoted Judith K. McKenzie -- Special needs adoptions should be reevaluated Katharine Davis Fishman -- An open adoption policy is best Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- A sealed adoption policy is best A. Dean Byrd -- Myths about adoption should be dispelled Peter L. Benson and Anu Sharma -- Adoptees searching for birth parents should be helped Arthur D. Sorosky, Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- The courts should do more to protect adoptive families Harvard Law Review -- Adoption agencies must provide more post-adoption services Kenneth W. Watson -- Unnecessary barriers to special needs adoption must be eliminated Lynn G. Gabbard.

Debates issues concerning the adoption of children, presenting arguments both in favor of and against adopting.

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