I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.
When the error is universal, it is supposed to end. The adoption of the foundling establishes its consanguinity.
We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It is not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life for this child.
As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The adoption of a noble sentiment, or the insertion of a borrowed ornament, may sometimes display so much judgment as will almost compensate for invention; and an inferior genius may, without any imputation of servility, pursue the paths of the ancients, provided he declines to tread in their footsteps.
American public should understand what happened with adoption and why, so that our government can be held accountable moving forward, and we can know how to engage in ethical adoptions, know how to make it something good for everyone involved, not exploitative.
I have a lot of respect for my birth mother I know she must have had a lot of love for me to want to give what she felt was a better chance.
I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things, and the international adoption rate just since her has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable.
Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
An adopted son shall never take the family, name and the estate of his natural father, the funeral cake follows the family, name and the estate, the funeral offerings of him who gives ,his son in adoption cease, as far as that son is concerned.
Adoption is the highest privilege that the gospel offers: higher even than justification. . . To be right with God the Judge is a great thing, but to be loved and cared for by God the Father is greater.
Adoption gives us the privilege of sons, regeneration the nature of sons.
I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart. '
On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act of the whole people, the adoption of the Constitution was the merest farce and imposture, binding upon nobody.
If you got to [abortion] centers, young women are provided very few options, in many places they're not told anything about, for example, adoption services that may be available to them. The idea that, in essence, you come in and it's already pre-determined, this is what place this place does. It provides abortions, and we are going to channel you in this direction.
There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.
I have a question. Do you guys think it's OK to drink while you're pregnant if you're planning on giving the baby up for adoption?
We must work tirelessly to make sure that every boy and girl in America who is up for adoption has a family waiting to reach him or her. . . This is a season of miracles, and perhaps there is no greater miracle than finding a loving home for a child who needs one.
i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i was 14 i was 5 and he did it for three years i loved him i didn't even know him he was my best friend's brother, my grandfather, father, mommy's boyfriend, my date, my cousin, my coach i met him for the first time that night and- 4 guys took turns, and- i'm a boy and this happened to me, and-. . . i got pregnant i gave up my daughter for adoption. . . did it happen to you, too?