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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

What the Recent SCOTUS Ruling Means for New Yorkers

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Brian Esser
This post originally ran on the blog of the New York Legal Assistance Group, and was co-authored with staff attorney Anya Mukarji-Connolly. The historic United States Supreme Court ruling that has legalized same-sex marriage sends a strong message of… Read More
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Categories: Blog, LGBT Families, Second-Parent Adoption
Tags: adoption, Child-Parent Security Act, inter-country adoption, Louisiana, marriage equality, Mississippi, Obergefell, second-parent adoption, Texas

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

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