Laura Godwin responds to "The Orphan Manufacturing Chain", by E.J. Graff. Graff's article makes untrue claims in an attempt to undermine International Adoption.

U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis signed on to a letter from House Republican Leader John Boehner to President Barack Obama on Wednesday, asking the President to reconsider his support of the Freedom of Choice Act. The text of the letter is reproduced here.

Over at Focus on the Family's Boundless Webzine, Kimberly Eddy has written an article called "Looking for My Birthmother". Here's an excerpt: Many people are under the erroneous assumption that an adoptee's desire to search for their biological family is rooted in some sort of ingratitude towards the sacrifices their adoptive parents have made for […]

So in an ironic twist, the symbolic hope of Obama's election could easily turn into more exploitation of the poor and less freedom for everyone -- especially the most vulnerable.

Open to openness means that the adoptive parents should be willing to meet with the birth mother before the baby is born, be with her at the hospital, and provide her with pictures and letters after the child is placed with them.

My husband and I have been adopting transracially for 9 years and have almost forgotten that our large multi-racial family is still an anomaly in the United States. On Christmas Day, our local paper ran an interview about who we are and how we are living. I was amazed at the outpouring of support that […]

Tree, gifts, spiral ham and sparkling cider - we are not talking about gross excess here, but the simple things that are a traditional part of our culture. It’s the question of spending money that does not absolutely have to be spent while we are facing the inevitable reality of significant bills related to adoption.

Laura Godwin, Carolina Hope's Director, has written the following letter for friends and supporters of Carolina Hope: December, 2008 Dear Carolina Hope Friends and Supporters, Although you are all familiar with the ministry of Carolina Hope and the world of adoptions, you may not be familiar with the upheavals the adoption community has experienced this […]

When I started working for Carolina Hope a few years ago, I discovered something that surprised me: many adoption professionals are pro-abortion-rights (not at Carolina Hope, mind you). I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised. There is, it seems, a certain logic to the pro-abortion, pro-adoption mindset. It starts with 2 premises: first, that birth […]

Together for Adoption has posted the audio from their Nov. 1 conference. Check it out at their 2008 Conference Audio page. The audio titles are: Jason Kovacs and Maridel Sandberg - "Conference Welcome and the Christian Alliance for Orphans' Vision for Orphan Ministry" Dan Cruver - "Adoption in God’s Story of Redemption" Rick Phillips - […]