CUB LINKS
The following links are provided as a service only and are not necessarily endorsed by CUB.
Search Resources | Adoption News Articles | Adoption Multimedia & Poetry | New Books on Adoption | Professional Adoption Research and student research | Other Triad Groups
Pregnant Women Resources and Information
Things I Wish I Would Have Known - invaluable information for women considering adoption
International Soundex Reunion Registry - a free reunion registry, the first stop in searching, RegDay
Reunion Registry - free voluntary mutual consent registry, largest on the internet (tell us if they try and charge!)
PARR Blue Page - an online version of the famous "Blue Book" listing search resources.
Open Records in New Jersey - sign online petition for open records in New Jersey
Dawn's Birthmother - adoption search resources
Searching in Ireland - Mari Steed's Irish adoption search pages
"A daughter's new horizon" - Dateline NBC (to reply to broadcast), 10/18/03, Jane Pauley interviews Barbara Walters and her adopted daughter.
"Florida man's defensive: The brothers did it" - CNN.com, 9/30/02, FL, two 13/14 year olds in foster care.
"Suspect planned smiley face bomb pattern" - CNN.com, 5/9/02, Reno, NV, accused Lucas Helder, adoptee.
"Babies for the highest bidders" - Salon.com, 1/19/01, Mothers Who Think (also CUB & AAC) comment on twins fiasco.
"Couple vow to keep internet twins" - BBC News, 1/16/01, Kilshaw/Wecker Internet adoption fiasco, more.
"Baby Box controversy at mothers' charity" - CNN, 10/28/00, Belgium, more extreme baby dumping - just sickening!
"Clinton Signs Foreign Adoption Deal" - AP, 10/6/00, The United States signed the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.
"Faith Ireland says she had baby at 22" - Seattle Post, 9/9, WA Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland talks about adoption.
"Rebirthing Case Hearing to Begin" - AP, Golden, CO, 8/15, adopted girl killed during "rebirthing" therapy. Read more.
"Homicide Details Released" - Sacramento, 6/21, suspect arrested for killing 17 year old niece over disputed adoption.
"Parallel Lives" - Washington Post, 6/18, the parallel lives of two women, mentions Linda from D.C. CUB group.
"Drug Sale Instigates Deportation" - Washington Post, 6/16/00, Ohio man adopted as a child from Brazil, was ordered deported.
"The Tug of War over Baby M" - Pittsburgh, 2/27/00, father fights for daughter given up without his consent.
Adoption Activism Press - latest news for adoption rights community
Adoption Headline News - great source for additional news services provided by adoption.about.com.
Patrick McMahon's adoption related greeting cards
"Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" - 58 minute documentary film by Shelia Ganz
Women Artists Give Voice & Form to their Adoption Experiences - Barb Morra's birthmother artist links
Poetry - Mary Ann Cohen's poetry and links to other sites (site moved)
The Dark Side Adoption - Mirah Riben's web site re her book
"Adoption and Loss - The Hidden Grief" - Evelyn Robinson's book on her experience
Current foster care and adoption resources from Arvin Publications
"Rising from the Ruins?" - Michael Spry's full length cyber book about ethical standards for Crisis Pregnancy Counseling
Professional Adoption Research and student research
The Birthparent Project - a research effort to gather statistical data to conclude what birthparents were promised at the time of relinquishment and to debunk myths used to stymie open access to records.
Purely American: Laws, Lies, and Love - Dr. G. William Troxler's essay on the American adoption system - (site moved)
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute - adoption research
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - U.S. Government adoption research
Child Welfare League of America - Resources on adoption issues, Mar. 9-11, 2005, Washington, D.C. conference
Adoption Related Literature - William Gage's extensive directory of adoption related literature
Famous Adoptee List - Roger Ridley Fenton's biographical directory of famous adopted people
Birthmother's View of Adoption - Heather Lowe's reports her experiences and reforms needed
Adoption: Trauma that Last a Lifetime - Vicki Rummig's student paper on adoption trauma
In Defense of the Primal Wound - Marcy Axness' paper on defending the Primal Wound
Birthmother Research Project - Judy Kelly's research project on the trauma of relinquishment
American Adoption Congress - national adoption reform organization
Bastard Nation - adoptee open records reform
BirthFather.org - discussion of the rights & responsibilities of the birth father; also CA legislation issues
Adoption Crossroads - triad support in New York
Adoption Forum - members of adoption triad, self-help organization, Oct. 30, 2004, Valley Forge, PA conference
Australia Adoption - Victorian Adoption Network for info and self help
Empty Arms - an online support group for women who surrendered their only child/ren to adoption and raised no others.
The Canadian Council of Natural Mothers - Canadian group; providing a united voice for mothers who have lost their children to adoption.
Adoptee's Liberty Movement Association - ALMA adoptee search group
Birthmothers Exploited By Adoption (BEBA) - coerced and forced relinquishment and the negative effects of adoption
First Mothers Reunited - a secure online support group solely for mothers dealing with issues of losing their children to adoption and reunion.
Updated 9/29/04