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Boycott Adoption.com

By Mirah Riben, published Jun 20, 2007
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Adoption.com, solely owned and operated by entrepreneur, Nathan Gwilliam, is a money-making venture that provides resources such as blogs, forums and chats for anyone with an interest in any aspect of adoption - and does so for one purpose only: to support their advertisers who profit from adoption placements.
Neither the bloggers, nor their "editors" - who are paid by Adoption.com - apply any restrictions on attacks, libel or slander contrary to their own rules. They are rude to anyone who disagrees.

Parents and Professionals for Family Preservation and Protection is opposed to the purpose of this site, its advertisers, and its practices and urges all who are truly interested in preserving families to boycott Adoption.com and its affiliates.

The site exists to promote infant adoption to fill a demand by those who pay for babies thus commodifying children and often exploiting their mothers. Many of the advertisers are unregulated adoption businesses and facilitators, some of which have been investigated for corrupt practices. Their paying clients are prospective adopters, and therefore they deny expectant mothers informed consent, objective option counseling, and separate legal counsel.

The advertisings glamorize relinquishment with lies and coercion - such as photo listings of families seeking to adopt with phrases such as "find the perfect parents for your child" and do not ensure informed option counseling, legal counseling or any other protections for such women.Parenting ones own child is a right protected by our constitution and children's right to rermain with their family is protected by UNICEF's CRC which states that adoption should always be a "last resort," not promoted for profit.

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Every family formed by adoption represents another that has failed to receive the support it needs to remain together.
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Calrification and Update: Parents and Professionals for Family Preservation and Protection supports a boycott of adoption.com and any and all websites, agencies, organizations, businesses, polices and practices that promote and encourage family separation for profit. Owned and operated by Natahan Gwillaim, this website operates and supports advertisers that promote and encourage family separations and which "aggressively market" to expectant mothers they refer to as "birthmothers." Just like legalized abandonment via so-called "Safe Havens" and Putative Father Registries, the above named website operates in a manner that is in direct opposition to, and violates all principles of family preservation and ethical adoption practices. We are are not "joining with" potentialparents.com or any other websites, organizations, businesses, agencies and policies and practices that we are opposed to. We hope that all who honor the rights of children and families will join in putting

Posted on 07/08/2007 at 1:07:00 PM

 
I think the rudeness shown by people on adoption.com is the best part of the website. If the true moms and dads and grandparents see it in advance before they are lured into surrender by some "adoption professional" then they will never let someone walk off with their precious family member. The adoption "professionals" have promoted the slogan "Adoption - It's About Love". But the postings on adoption.com make it very obvious that it's NOT about love. Adoption is about selfishness. Refusing any acknowledgement of -- or respect for --her family if a child's parents are single the day she is born is a sign of hatred, not love for the child. In our society the child of single parents is referred to as an "it" or a "bastard". "It" is treated like a pest to be "wiped out". People like to suggest abortion as the only other option - unless "it" is young and healthy and can be obtained for use in adoption. 97% of single parents do manage to avoid infant adoption, despite all the hatr

Posted on 07/04/2007 at 8:07:00 AM

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