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The Ironies Of Adoption, Mirah Riben
The Ironies Of Adoption, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
The author points out the irony of the extent people will go to in an attempt to conceive and birth a child that is genetically and biologically connected to them, yet when all their efforts fail and they ersort to adoption, they accept a system that relies on lies and secrecy and severs all the adoptee's connections to his heredity.
Abandon All Hope...Profit Reigns Supreme, Mirah Riben
Abandon All Hope...Profit Reigns Supreme, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
No abstract provided.
Open Adoption: Optimum Or Oxymoron?, Mirah Riben
Open Adoption: Optimum Or Oxymoron?, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
Open adoption, an improvement over closed adoption, provides advantages when it works, unfortunately, in too many cases it turns out to be a an unkept promise that is unenforceable.
A theoretical concept in the best interest of children, open adoption is an oxymoron as long as every adoption begins with the relinquishment of all of the original mothers' parental rights.
Written in 1995, when "open adoption" was first starting, the article reports on the difference between truly open and semi open; the unenforceable nature of contact agreements, and stresses the need for agencies to be clear with all parties exactly …
A Perspective On Family Preservation, Mirah Riben
Dealing With Death, Mirah Riben
Adoption: A Womyn's Issue, Mirah Riben
Review Of "Lethal Secrets", Mirah Riben
Book Review: Recreating Motherhood, Mirah Riben
Book Review: Recreating Motherhood, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
Review of "Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and technology in a Patriarchal Society" by Barbara Katz Rothman. CUB Communicator, June 1989 Page 3-4. Concerned United Birthparents, Des Moines, IA
"Class And Discrimination In The Denial Of Adoptees Equal Rights In Adoption", Mirah Riben
"Class And Discrimination In The Denial Of Adoptees Equal Rights In Adoption", Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
The Case For Open Records, A Source Book for Political Action. J. Sweely (Ed.) University Press of America, Inc., Waltham, MA. In Press.
Coping With The Heartbreak Of Loosing A Child To Adoption, Mirah Riben
Coping With The Heartbreak Of Loosing A Child To Adoption, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
No abstract provided.
Adoption May Not Be The Best Option, Mirah Riben
Jews And Adoption, Mirah Riben
The Cabbage Patch Phenomenon, Mirah Riben
The Changing Climate Of Foster Care, Mirah Riben
The Sealed Records Controversy, Mirah Riben
Adoption: A Circle Of Love, Mirah Riben
They Call Us Birth Mothers, Mirah Riben