Articles Book III - Pg 300-560 (Birthparents) - triadoption

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Today's unwed mother is a very daaf$rent peraon
EDITOR'S NOTE: 'llmcl.
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say. arc chonglng ond wllh them
Ihe eople. So It Is wlU8 unwed
mo,Ren.
Twenty yean auo. Ihc typical
unwed mother w n a collc e llu
dent who '.rot in tmub?e" at
aihoal nnd hid Lo "so away" lo
hsvc lhc baby. Todq, gtnersll~
apuklng, she's younger and
wanlr Lo keep her chlld.
Today, in ihe IIlIh part of a
aeries, reporter Norma Rolh
Ialka wllh olllclala of lhrce ndoc-
Uon apneles about the cllenu
lbey deal wilb now.
In adopllon. the prerrnlday Solomon
la (he acrnty, whichrlilndsrr moblrc.
Uve Judge lor all lhnr prnC1 in the
sdopllon pmcesr - the nrlural mother.
the bahy ind the adoplfnl rrcnts.
TO the sount woman vRo romes to
them. perhapa In her lounh or lillh
monlhol pminmcy or Ialtr. the rxenrv
pmrldca coun~llnl lo help her under.
aund her rlluallon, la halp her Plan lor
lho brby'r future. and lo hclp preventa
recurrence.
The adnpllon plclun has chrnzrd
radlcall, in lha pal 20 Yearl. plrUcu.
lrrly u It relalcr lo lbe unwed molher,
SKCnCY Olll~l~ll laid.
"Therypenl girl (who mmer lorhel 1
has rhmgcd the la11 m years: rr&
Malor Ilclm Grunnw, dlrtclor 01 nWlb
&wIcn, oprralrd by lhr SaIvallon
Army In Wa~wslora, 1Vlr.
"Thcn.+s had morcrllhcnlderdrlr.
lhe mllece url who ~olln Imublc. Nn-.
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Anolhrr phenomenon Is the declslon
by most d lh. molhtn lo keep lhslr
bsblrs.
. "Formrrly 15 prr cent 01 the unwed
mothrn hpl lhrir hrbtea and 85 prr
cent placcd lhcm."taM the Rev. David
DCIYV.I. dlw~rrn dlrul~r 01 Calholle
Sac1.11 SFrvirn. Rwklnrd. "Today.
lhal's illyllppped."
"The majortly ol our cllrnla ktrptha
bab ." bly sstd. "so vs help her llnd
weI!babr rllnlrr rnd llnanrlal aidr. So
'Formerly 15 percent of the unwed mothers
kept their babies and 85 percent placed
them. Today, that's flipflopped.'
-The Rev. Davld Denuvrlr
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The olhrr lypr nl yocrnr woman who
keeps her brby Ir "the older iirl who lr
not tm hrlzht or has a problem. Ths
.Irl -..."ha t..ar.'.
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(Illen. I li6c prrrnls ol lhe ynunaer
$lrlr who rear #he rh!ld. "The grand.
plrrnll lnaul lhey bring lhe brby coma brg and baggage. and .e admit
hem, but I! lhey'ra dumptd lhry allen
don't adlurl."
John UcCla erecullre dlreclor ol
~atho~~c ~ortl7.srvicrs. sa~d. "our
wmclhina lor her lo lore." she rounsrllnn 18 geared lo whal the need.
brb~la ..I It olten d!pends nn the re~rtionJips on
the outride, whcthrr lhey are sup
wrtlve or non.sUppOrIIve."
"The pregnancy la a lamlly tnumm,"
rald Beauvals. W" a shock to the
.~.. Iomlly rysrem. Adalacmn Is a Umenl
s~cnclis hfparmu. by physiclmr, by erisla md unplmncd pre6nmcy adds lo
Iho rchmls, by roclal aKmcln and the *r+lil?
nr8r.t. nomnn.~
Counlcllnp in all UIrrerbrncle~, how.
crcr, slrrsrn lhe wellare ol lhe child
md rlvrs the molher all lha alle~
natlver.
"Our tslk Is to ark II r e m able to
help lhrm look mranlnilully at their
lives and lhelr rituallon." XcClon
&a,!, Wo try lo give them venwtlve.
Durini pninanrr lhm'r w much they
cmn'l a@ downllhe mad."
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Deauralr
make the decision
A1 Omlh wlcer. each glrl Is sr
Ilenrd to a cirl worker who mrkr
wl!h her duri u hersUy rl lhe home.
me work comes on lhe avrrree d
once a week 1 vlsll lhr parland help her
dcclde whclh r lo krcp nr rrlrnse lhr
baby lor ado llm. Sht lellr her what lo
anllrlpaa r m rbs Uker lha baby
"They ~molhrrrl hrrr rrrolrrd Jvlng
UP (he thlld and lhcr don'l van1 to
rrrurrrrl oIJ wnunds." Dnuran said
'They dld care and lhty dld bva hlr
chald. Thal'r almorl always Uu cue:'
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FRIDAY IN FOCUS: Not aC
ways the vlllnlna.
Rockford, Illinois
Thursday, Doc. 1. 1977'
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