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Susan’s story | “I was 13 years old when Dad left the second time…Is it any surprise that I deal with depression?”

Susan’s story | “I was 13 years old when Dad left the second time…Is it any surprise that I deal with depression?”

by Them Before Us | Mar 12, 2021 | Stories | 2 comments

My adoption was in the works before I was born. My adoptive parents had been married about 9 years and had been unable to get pregnant. My adoptive mother wanted nothing more than to be a mom. My bio-mother was married, but had been intimate with another woman’s...
Twenty-seven Year-Old Babies: The Promise and Perils of Embryo Adoption

Twenty-seven Year-Old Babies: The Promise and Perils of Embryo Adoption

by Katy Faust | Dec 8, 2020 | The Latest

Baby Molly was created in a petri dish in 1992, and frozen on October 14 that same year. 27 years later, she was transferred into the womb of Tina Gibson and born on October 26, 2020.  Tina’s body had also been the warm receptacle for baby Molly‘s frozen sister Emma,...
I’m A Children’s Rights Activist. That’s Why I’m Voting For Trump

I’m A Children’s Rights Activist. That’s Why I’m Voting For Trump

by Katy Faust | Oct 29, 2020 | Foundations, The Latest

I didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016, but this year, only an act of God could stop me from doing so. I make no excuses for Trump’s loose Twitter finger, and I still wince over the laundry list of cringe-worthy statements and undisciplined behavior we’ve all...
You Can’t Fix Tough Adoptions With ‘Re-Homing,’ Only Faithfulness

You Can’t Fix Tough Adoptions With ‘Re-Homing,’ Only Faithfulness

by Katy Faust | Jun 3, 2020 | The Latest | 2 comments

(Originally published at The Federalist) Myka Stauffer of YouTube fame has “re-homed” her autistic, adopted Chinese child, Huxley. Stauffer became widely known in large part due to the video documentation of her adoption journey. Huxley’s emotional gotcha-day video...
I Was Raised by Two Gay Men. I Still Think Children Deserve to be Adopted into a Home with a Mother and a Father

I Was Raised by Two Gay Men. I Still Think Children Deserve to be Adopted into a Home with a Mother and a Father

by Samantha Wiessing | Jan 29, 2020 | The Latest | 6 comments

Originally published at The Tennessean Lawmakers here in Tennessee are catching a lot of flak for their support of HB 836, which supposedly allows adoption agencies to “discriminate against” LGBTQ applicants. At first glance, it looks unfair. After all, we all have...
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