AP Adoption used to be shrouded in secrecy. Birth mothers used to sneak out of town to deliver their babies and give them to strangers, likely never to see the child again. Today, adoption is increasingly becoming open.
Many birth mothers choose the adoptive parents and keep in contact as the child grows.
It s also becoming more global. And while people once adopted children almost exclusively born in the United States, many are now going to far-flung places for babies. This hour, we will speak with author and adoptive father Adam Pertman . We will also hear from a Bristol father who went to Siberia to adopt a child. Finally, we will discuss the thorny question of inter-racial adoption.