“I'm a big proponent of open adoption, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the kid isn't like, "Where did I come from?" And to have it be like, "Look, you have a bunch of people who love you." Not just the parents who are raising you on a day-to-day basis, but also to have contact with your birth mother and hopefully your birth father. So that you can be like, "Oh, they love me too, and they love me so much that they knew they couldn't take care of me but they're still in my life to some extent."” PeopleLooksChildrenStillsBigsCareKidsMotherFatherParentLove YouBirthBasesTake CareBunchContactHopefullyAdoptionDay To DayTake Care Of MeBirth MotherOpen Adoption Author:Kathleen Hanna
“When we [adoption agency] have a birth mother who is pregnant and she doesn't know the race of the father, she is using drugs, and she is in crisis, usually we cannot place that baby with a heterosexual family. Almost all of the times when we have a drug-addicted child, we place the baby in a homosexual family.” KnowsChildrenMotherFatherRaceBabyBirthDrugCrisisAgencyPregnantAdoptionHomosexualBirth Mother Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones weve dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.” BelieveWellsStillsMotherBabyBirthPregnantI Still BelieveBirth Mother Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“I made a crash landing here on Earth on February 14, 1962, in the Shreveport Catholic Charities Home for un-wed mothers. The infamous Bonnie and Clyde lost their lives just miles from where I was born. Like outlaws ourselves, my birth mother and I were on the run from the day she found out I was part of her.” MadeHomeRunningEarthMotherFoundLostBornBirthCatholicCharityMilesCrashLandingOutlawFebruaryInfamousBirth Mother Author:Kevyn Aucoin
“I think open adoption is a great idea, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the kid isn't like, "Where did I come from?" And to have it be like, "Look, you have a bunch of people who love you."” PeopleThinkingLooksChildrenIdeasKidsMotherLove YouBirthBunchAdoptionGreat IdeaBirth MotherOpen AdoptionBirth Parents Author:Kathleen Hanna
“My first, my birth mother - her name is Queenie - she gave me a powerful medicine when I was a child. She told me that, "I was the best," and it helped me so much.” FirstsChildrenMotherNamesPowerfulBirthMedicineBirth Mother Author:Erykah Badu
“(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers. A little unnerving: I wonder if that choice has anything to do with genetics. ... I want to take mine home and look after them so that they live for days. I might spray the leaves, and make sure they sit in an easterly window, and keep them out of the direct sun.” IfsWantYearsLooksLittlesHomeMightMotherChoicesWonderLaughingSunMinesFlowerBirthDirectWindowMeetingsBunchCoincidenceGeneticsSprayOrchidsLive For The DayBirth Mother Author:Jackie Kay