Adoption
May is Teen Pregnancy Awareness Month. What can you do?
According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, nearly 3 in 10 girls will become pregnant before the age of 20. In 2012, 305,388 teens (ages 15-19) gave birth. Meanwhile, about 18% of women obtaining abortions are teenagers (i.e. about 200,000). Due to these high numbers, many people are rightly concerned about the need for education and resources for these young women. How do we prevent teen pregnancy from happening in the first place? How do we teach ...
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Adoption Benefits: Top Benefits For Women & Children
Hidden Choices supports the “choice” for adoption for all the right reasons. Data and research shows that it is beneficial to both mother and child. A new study from the Family Research Council examines the implications of family, marriage, religion, community, and America’s social problems illustrated in the social science data.
Dr. Patrick Fagan, a FRC Fellow, provides the hard data showing that “adoption is an act of love that has profound implications for the lives and well-being of both children and ...
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A Solution Waiting to be Adopted
by Charmaine Crouse Yoest
When 48-year-old Hillary Rodham Clinton confessed to Time magazine recently that she wanted to adopt a child, it set off a small tempest of controversy. Her comment was hailed by supporters as evidence of her bona fides as a child advocate and decried by detractors as yet another reincarnation of the First Lady as First Mother. Some dismissed the remark as an effort to minimize the fallout from her husband's veto of the bill to ban partial-birth abortions.
Interpretations ...
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10 Reasons Why Women Choose Adoption Today
Not ready to be a mom
Cannot afford another child
Future plans for education or career
Safety and Stability
Opportunity for a solid future for the child
Rape or Incest
No support from baby’s father
Want a two-parent family for their child
Situations that prevent a parenting lifestyle, i.e. mental illness, jail sentence
Involved with complicated issues of life
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Adoption Online Resources
A major part of the adoption process is getting the education you need to make such an important decisions. Hidden Choices recommends the following resources to educate you, the teen mother on loving, adoptive homes for your baby if you are choosing a "forever family." Adoption is a compelling and courageous choice for your child if you are not yet ready to parent.
Gladney Center for Adoption
Birth parents have more choices than ever before. Founded more than 115 years ago as one man's mission to find ...
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Adoption Success Story
"Adoption is a beautiful gift that has allowed us to have the child that we have always dreamed of. This experience has opened our eyes to see what a miracle adoption truly is, and it has opened our hearts to a love we have never felt before. A love not only for our sweet baby, but a love for her birth mother who has made our dreams come true through her ultimate sacrifice. God has answered our prayers in the beautiful ...
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Adoption Benefits & Statistics
Hidden Choices supports the “choice for adoption” for all the right reasons. Data and research shows that it is beneficial to both the mother and child. A new study from the Family Research Council examines the implications of family, marriage, religion, community, and America’s social problems illustrated in the social science data.
Dr. Patrick Fagan, a FRC Fellow, provides the hard data showing that “adoption is an act of love that has profound implications for the lives and well-being of both children ...
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Adoptive Parent Success Stories
"Adoption is a beautiful gift that has allowed us to have the child that we have always dreamed of. This experience has opened our eyes to see what a miracle adoption truly is, and it has opened our hearts to a love we have never felt before. A love not only for our sweet baby, but a love for her birth mother who has made our dreams come true through her ultimate sacrifice. God has answered our prayers in the beautiful ...
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