• What is "The Adoption Option"?
• The myths about adoption
• The reality of adoption
• The adoption industry:
  • Consumer demand
  • The Motive is Money
  • Reproductive exploitation?
  • Reproductive "predators"?
  • Coercion: How they do it
  • Open adoption: how they knew it would work
  • Adoption: Comparing America and Australia
• Considering "open adoption"?
• What Mothers Have to Say

• Don't be scared!
• Confronting the Myths of Single Parenting
• The Research is In: Young Motherhood is not a Crisis!
• Getting the Resouces You Need
• A Support Forum for Young Moms
• Your story of success
• Your rights as a mother
• Confronting the Myths of Single Parenting

• Bonding Before Birth
• "A Special Message to Baby's Grandma"
• What Adoptees Say about Adoption

The Truth About Adoption

Many mothers who surrendered ("placed") their babies for adoption have discovered the unending pain and grief that adoption professionals never told them about. Many reunited "birth-"mothers (including the 22 reunited mothers who created this site) have discovered upon reunion that adoption did incredible amounts of emotional damage to their children. That adoption is NOT "a loving option" and was NOT "in the best interest of the child."

“Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was Considering Adoption” (pdf file)

Many women (including ourselves, the women who worked on this site) who surrendered ("placed") their babies with adopters have discovered the unending pain and grief that losing their baby causes. Many reunited "birthmothers" (including mothers who helped with this site) have discovered upon reunion that adoption did incredible amounts of damage to their children. That it was NOT "a loving option."

What Adoptees Say About Being Adopted:

• ""What Baby-Brokers Don't Tell You about Adoptees" by Anne Patterson
• The PRIMAL WOUND: Legacy of the Adopted Child

The Experiences of Mothers