For Expectant Parents Considering Adoption and Birth Parents
This section provides information to help pregnant women, expectant fathers, and birth parents make decisions about adoption. Legal considerations are included.
- Considering an adoption plan
- Fathers' involvement in adoption planning
- Finding an agency or lawyer
- Legal considerations
- Openness/maintaining connections
- Understanding the emotional impact of adoption
Are You Pregnant and Thinking About Adoption? | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 276KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2007 - 14 pages |
Written for women and girls who are pregnant and considering placing their baby for adoption, this factsheet provides information about the adoption process, and it directs the reader to community and Internet resources. Information for fathers and for relatives is also provided. The factsheet walks the reader through the adoption process by discussing how an expectant parent can explore different options, make the adoption decision, place a baby through an agency or through an independent (private) adoption, select adoptive parents, and decide how much contact to have with the child after the adoption. |
Safeguarding the Rights and Well-Being of Birth Parents in the Adoption Process
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute (2006)
Presents findings and recommendations based on a yearlong examination and analysis of research, literature, interviews, and experiences on the rights of birth parents in domestic infant adoption.
Impact of Adoption on Birth Parents | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 249KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2004 - 9 pages |
This factsheet discusses some of the emotional issues that parents face after making the decision to place an infant for adoption, in surrendering the child, and in handling the feelings that often persist afterwards. In addition, it addresses some of the emotional issues of parents whose children are permanently removed from them and whose parental rights are terminated. This factsheet may be a helpful resource for birth parents, as well as family members, friends, and others who want to support birth parents. It may also provide some insight to adopted persons and adoptive parents who want to understand the struggles ... |
Open Adoption: Could Open Adoption be the Best Choice for You and Your Baby? | |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway & the Office of Population Affairs |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 3,283KB) |
Year Published: | 2011 - 20 pages |
Provides definitions of terms and answers to questions pregnant women may have about open adoption. Legal concerns, the benefits of open adoption, and what to expect before and after the birth are discussed. |