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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Becoming an Adoptive Parent | 1 |
| From Boston to Lima | 1 | |
| The Adoption Process | 15 | |
| 2 | Parenting Options for the Infertile: The Biologic Bias | 24 |
| Shaping Women and Their Choices | 24 | |
| The Infertility Problem | 29 | |
| Making Adoption the Last Resort | 30 | |
| Correcting the Bias | 35 | |
| 3 | Adoption: Tales of Loss and Visions of Connection | 39 |
| The Child Who Had to Be Returned | 39 | |
| A Vision of Adoption's Potential | 44 | |
| A Snapshot of Adoption's Realities | 48 | |
| 4 | Adoption and the Sealed Record System | 51 |
| "I'm Going to Get Another Mummy" | 51 | |
| Traditions and Trends | 53 | |
| The Current Debate | 57 | |
| The Mixed Messages Inherent in a Move to Openness | 58 | |
| 5 | Adoption and the Parental Screening System | 62 |
| On Being Screened for Fitness | 62 | |
| Assessing the System's Fitness | 70 | |
| The Role of Money | 73 | |
| Limits of the Current Reform Debate | 74 | |
| An Alternative Vision | 76 | |
| Eliminating the Current Screen | 78 | |
| What Children Have to Gain | 80 | |
| What Children Have to Lose | 81 | |
| 6 | Adoption and Race | 86 |
| Early Fragments from One Transracial Adoption Story | 86 | |
| The History | 94 | |
| Current Racial Matching Policies | 95 | |
| The Impact of Current Policies | 99 | |
| The Empirical Studies | 101 | |
| The Law | 106 | |
| Directions for the Future | 110 | |
| 7 | Adoption Among Nations | 118 |
| Scenes from the World of International Adoption | 118 | |
| Current Significance and Future Prospects | 141 | |
| The Role of Law | 143 | |
| National Laws and Policies | 145 | |
| International Law and the Hague Convention | 149 | |
| Of Real Problems and Mythical Concerns | 150 | |
| Directions for the Future | 160 | |
| 8 | Adoption and Stigma | 164 |
| The Tradition: Blood Is Thicker than Water | 165 | |
| New Sources of Stigma: Of Roots and the Tragic Triangle | 171 | |
| The Studies: Of Modern-Day Myths and Realities | 174 | |
| 9 | High-Tech Reproduction: In Vitro Fertilization and Its Progeny | 187 |
| A Woman Obsessed | 187 | |
| An Abbreviated Picture of the IVF Treatment Process | 198 | |
| A Rough Cost-Benefit Calculation | 201 | |
| IVF's Regulatory Status: Variations on a Free Market Theme | 209 | |
| Directions for the Future | 213 | |
| 10 | Modern Child Production: The Marketing of Genes, Wombs, Embryos, and Babies | 218 |
| Afterword | 230 | |
| Notes | 237 | |
| Index | 267 |
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John Monahan
reviewed Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Production on July 29, 2011 Family Bonds
Elizabeth Bartholet is an adoptive parent and Harvard law professor. In FAMILY BONDS, she argues for the reformation of adoption policies and laws and advocates for adoption as a human rights practice, one that considers the rights of the child first. Of many perspectives about adoption, this one resonates the most with me. International adoption, for example, may be a form of neocapitalism as many opponents to the practice suggest, but I don't think the answer is to leave children languishing in orphanages when there are many people in developed nations prepared to provide them with a good home. Bartholet's voice is a strong plea for the needs of these individual children and raises the question of what happens to these little ones if the opponents have their way because of the political implications of the practice. FAMILY BONDS is written for a professional or academic audience, but I still also recommend it for any parent considering international adoption as a way to expand their family.
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Add Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Production, In this powerful book, Elizabeth Bartholet attempts to make sense of the worlds of adoption and fertility treatment by combining a moving personal narrative with compelling policy analysis. Family Bonds is conveniently available at a time when more, Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Production to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Production, In this powerful book, Elizabeth Bartholet attempts to make sense of the worlds of adoption and fertility treatment by combining a moving personal narrative with compelling policy analysis. Family Bonds is conveniently available at a time when more, Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Production to your collection on WonderClub |
