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_bA742 2012
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245 0 0 _aAre adoption policies fair? /
_cChristine Watkins, book editor.
260 _aDetroit :
_bGreenhaven Press,
_cc2012.
300 _a137 p. ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aAt issue
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 123-129) and index.
505 0 _aOpen adoptions benefit society / Adam Pertman -- International adoptions need stronger regulations / E.J. Graff -- Religious groups want to increase international adoptions / Kathryn Joyce -- Citizenship should be granted to foreign-born adoptees of US citizens / Joseph D'Agostino -- Ethnic identity is important in transracial adoptions / Nicole M. Callahan -- Ethnic identity should not be paramount in transracial adoptions / Jeneen Interlandi -- Transracial adoptions from foster care pose unique challenges / Susan Smith ... [et al.] -- Gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt / American Psychological Association -- Gays and lesbians should not be allowed to adopt / Liberty Counsel -- State father registries can be unfair to birth fathers / Sammy Ayer -- A national father registry would protect the rights of birth fathers / Mary M. Beck -- Birth certificates of adoptees should not be amended / Amanda Woolston -- Adoption programs should promote the needs of older youth / Alicia Groh -- Post-adoption services need to be improved / Susan Livingston Smith.
650 0 _aAdoption
_zUnited States
_vJuvenile literature.
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650 0 _aAdoption
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States
_vJuvenile literature.
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650 0 _aAdopted children
_zUnited States
_vJuvenile literature.
_923438
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650 0 _aAdoption agencies
_zUnited States
_vJuvenile literature.
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700 1 _aWatkins, Christine,
_d1951-
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830 0 _aAt issue.
_pSocial issues.
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