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Alternatives to Family Trees, Baby Albums and Heritage Projects at School

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Brian Esser
If you are an adoptive parent, you are not alone if you dread school Family Tree projects or “When I Was a Baby” assignments. When my oldest son Keith started Pre-K, I thought we would have a little grace time before we ran into one of those. But… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Blog, My Family, Open Adoption
Tags: adoption, adoptive parents, birth parents, donor conception, foster care, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, inter-country adoption, My family, school

Religious Freedom Laws and the License to Discriminate

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Brian Esser
This post originally appeared in the Expert Advice section on the great site Gays with Kids. I was in my office this past June when the Supreme Court (finally) held that the right to marry extends to same-sex couples with the Obergefell decision. I w… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Blog, LGBT Families
Tags: adoption, Alabama, foster care, Human Rights Campaign, Kentucky, Kim Davis, LGBT families, Michigan, Mississippi, Obergefell, religion and ethics, religious freedom laws, RFRA, South Dakota, Virginia

Four Things You Must Put in Your Adoption Profile

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Brian Esser
Making an adoption profile seems overwhelming when you are first putting it together. It’s easy to get lost in choosing the perfect picture or just the right words. Here are four simple tips that will help you find your way: 1. New pictures Sur… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Adoption Profiles, Blog
Tags: adoption, adoptive parents

Top 12 Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Stories of 2014 - Part 2

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Brian Esser
As promised, here is the second part of my round up of the biggest stories of the year. Follow me on Twitter, where I post almost every day, for all of the latest news as it happens. 7. Thailand abruptly halts international surrogacy. Amid reports of… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Celebrities, Estate Planning, LGBT Families, Uncategorized
Tags: adoption, Bill Horn, estate planning, Family Equality Council, France, frozen embryos, Germany, Guncles, Indiana, inter-country adoption, international surrogacy, Kyrgzstan, LGBT families, Richard Posner, Scout Masterson, Spain, Texas, Thailand, Vietnam, Wisconsin, Year in Review

Top 12 Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Stories of 2014 - Part 1

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Brian Esser
This has been a big year for adoption and assisted reproduction in the news. Here is the first half the run down of the biggest stories of 2014. To stay on top of all of the latest news, follow me on Twitter. 1. Jimmy Fallon welcomes a second daughte… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Celebrities, Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogacy, Sperm Donation
Tags: adoption, celebrities, Charlize Theron, egg donation, Jason Patric, Jimmy Fallon, New Hampshire, sperm donation, surrogacy, US citizenship, Wisconsin, Year in Review

The Downton Abbey Adoption Plotline

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Brian Esser
Spoiler Alert! If you’re an avid Downton fan and you’re behind on the show, stop reading now. As I watched the Downton Abbey season finale on Sunday, I was intrigued by Lady Edith’s adoption plotline. The story is remarkably sympathetic and it… Read More
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Categories: Adoption
Tags: adoption, birth parents, Downton Abbey, history, openness

Cutting Through the Confusion About Second-Parent Adoptions in New York

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Brian Esser
A judge in Brooklyn Surrogate’s Court recently sent shockwaves through the community with the decision refusing to grant a second-parent adoption for the non-biological mom in a married lesbian couple. Her reasoning was New York law already recogni… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, LGBT Families
Tags: adoption, Brooklyn, LGBT families, marriage equality, second-parent adoption

International Adoption News

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Brian Esser
In the last few weeks there has been a flurry of news about countries that have or had significant inter-country adoption programs. I’ve tweeted about these updates as they hit the web, but it’s useful to consolidate them into one post. First a n… Read More
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Categories: Adoption
Tags: adoption, Angelina Jolie, Cambodia, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, inter-country adoption, Kyrgzstan, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Russia, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

NPRGate and the Adoption Triad

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Brian Esser
Last week NPR aired a story about transracial adoption and the Melissa Harris-Perry gaffe. NPR generated almost as much controversy for failing to include any transracially adopted adults in its segment as Ms. Harris-Perry did for offering up for moc… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Open Adoption
Tags: adopted people, adoption, adoption triad, adoptive parents, birth parents, Jane Fonda, Melissa Harris-Perry, Mitt Romney, NPR, transracial adoption

Ethical Practices in Adoption

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Brian Esser
Prospective adoptive parents are frequently advised to choose agencies and lawyers that abide by ethical adoption practices. But what does that mean exactly? And what are the unethical practices you are being advised to avoid? The American Academy of… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Open Adoption
Tags: adoption, adoptive parents, birth parents, ethical practices, openness, Utah
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