Are adoption policies fair?
By: Amanda Hiber, book editor.
Contributors: Hiber, Amanda.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737739107; 9780737739114
Subjects: Adoption -- Government policy -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Open adoption policies are fair / Lorraine Dusky; title: Open adoption is only fair with the consent of all parties / Thomas C. Atwood; title: Photolists of children awaiting adoption raise ethical concerns / Sarah Gerstenzang; title: Intraracial adoptions should be prioritized over transracial adoptions / North American Council on Adoptable Children; title: Transracial adoptions should not be discouraged / Katharine Quarmby; title: Gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt / ACLU; title: Gays and lesbians should not be allowed to adopt / Gary Glenn; title: Father registries are fair / Mardie Caldwell; title: Father registries are not fair / Jane Spies, Murray Davis; title: Married couples should be given priority in adoptions / Center for Arizona Policy; title: Single people should be given an equal chance in adoptions / Amanda J. Crawford; title: China's new adoption restrictions are not fair / Beth Nonte Russell; title: The U.S. government should strengthen regulations on international adoptions / Cindy Freidmutter; title: The interstate compact on the placement of children should be reformed / Liz Oppenheim; title: Organizations to contact; title: Bibliography; title: Index.