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	<description>A Half Orphan&#039;s Account of Her Adoption, Reunion and Social Activism * * * book, website and blog by Joan M Wheeler, BA, BSW, adoptee, author, activist * * * Promoting Adoption Reform Since 1974</description>
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		<title>Invitation from Chuck Johnson and the NCFA: The anti-adoption community is working overtime&#8230;Stop them now</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/08/13/invitation-from-chuck-johnson-and-the-ncfa-the-anti-adoption-community-is-working-overtime-stop-them-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It came in my email inbox:
The anti-adoption community is working overtime.  Stop them now.
National Council For Adoption [ncfa@adoptioncouncil.org]
Thu 8/12/2010 11:43 AM



 


 






Dear Friend of Adoption,
 
At NCFA, we believe a nurturing, permanent family is every child’s birthright, yet there are those who actually oppose adoption and attack NCFA for our strong advocacy. In fact, the anti-adoption community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obituary: Annette Baran dies at 83; crusader for open adoption</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/07/20/obituary-annette-baran-dies-at-83-crusader-for-open-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/07/20/obituary-annette-baran-dies-at-83-crusader-for-open-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two published obituaries for Annette Baran. One is in the LA Times and the other is in KansasCity.com. Both are open to comments. The Kansas City Obituary is a reprint of the LA Times article. Please note the separate link for comments to the Kansas City article. Thanks to Mirah Riben for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Excerpt: Surrogate Court Judge Sealed My Records Needlessly</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/05/21/book-excerpt-surrogate-court-judge-sealed-my-records-needlessly/</link>
		<comments>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/05/21/book-excerpt-surrogate-court-judge-sealed-my-records-needlessly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from my book, Forbidden Family:
 
Here is my mother’s death notice:
 
Not only was this public record available for anyone, including me via microfilm years into my reunion, but my adoptive family were distantly related to my deceased mother’s family. Openness should have prevailed. But my adoptive parents and extended adoptive family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unitarian Universaltist Church Does Not Quite Get it About Mothers Day and Adoption</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/05/09/unitarian-universaltist-church-does-not-quite-get-it-about-mothers-day-and-adoption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 23:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I write today’s blog post from the point of view of being the daughter of two mothers: one who gave me life and the other who raised me.
It is not easy being the daughter of two mothers, especially since my time with my first mother was so short. She died when I was three months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings From Mary on Adoptees’ Original Birth Certificates and Ancestors</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/04/22/musings-from-mary-on-adoptees%e2%80%99-original-birth-certificates-and-ancestors/</link>
		<comments>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/04/22/musings-from-mary-on-adoptees%e2%80%99-original-birth-certificates-and-ancestors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>imposter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary L. Foess, adoptee and activist, founder &#38; president of Bonding by Blood, Unlimited, of Vassar, Michigan (since 1988) writes today’s Guest Post:
Wednesday April 21, 2010 (yesterday) is our THIRD hearing in front of the committee for the House of Representatives in our state of Michigan. I will be there, again&#8230;for the 3rd time. The irony is, [...]]]></description>
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