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

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mosl adoptive parents see ltcelr children that the lack 01 choice in adoptlon is as write lcltcrs to riicrirbcrs ol Corc!jrcss lo
a5 prcclous lndivlduols, not as com- much o leminlsl lss~te as Is abortion, and ask them lo do what is rlgl~t in oplroslrig
moditles. Our quarrel Is not witlcadoptlve that llccy will support our elfork to brlr~g all ariticholcc arclendrnerils. My i~ttiti~rl~
parents, who lovc our children just as wc openness and iconesly lo the odopllon was ticat I was always loo l~usy and wot~ld
do, but wit11 the system tlial vlcws a ctillrl system. do It "tomorrow."
os a cornrnodily, to be sold when pcr- Mary Anne Colcc~i nut altrr I lircished reading "'l'lic
t fecl, and warehoused in lostcr core If Whippony, NJ. New Danger: A Tlcrcc-Step Ai~ottin~i
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Plan." by Lisa Cronin Woicl ("Watch on
Like many oticcr young mothers, I I read with grcol sadness the letters the Right.' February. 1982), I found tile
wanted to keep my child, but was never lrom womcn who hadglvcn upachildfor time. I icavc written sonce letters to Conollered
resources todo so.Adoptlon wos adoption ("Lelters," June, 1901 ). Tlcey gress. Acid I don't plor~ to stop tiicrr.
no1 my cholcc-it was Ille only door ielt helped me reolizc that I cannot begin lo Ticis letter Is to urge all wornoi to
open after tliosc who were counseling imagine the great suflcring my birth speak out lor llrcir rights. Mokc lice Iirire.
me had slammed all the others in my molltcrniusl tcovcexpcrlencedwhenslrc Don'! sit back and lropc someone else
lace. Tliot this kind of thing is still tcap- ollowed total strangers lo welcome me will speak out lor you. Your lctter toll1
penlng is os much of an outrage as all tile Into thelr home 21 years ago.. moke a dilfcrencc.
altempls lo remove the cholcc of abor- . Although I hove never met my birtlc We cannot let tile llu~iian Llle
lion from women;andyet whcnilcorncs mother, she has a very special place In Amendment or llie lialch Ame~idncent
lo adoption, and its abuse, many who ore my heart I love her bccouse she had be passed or all that has bcen louglcl lor
, prochoice seem not to core, while prolife enough courage and love lor me to give and achieved will be lost.
groups push for more odopllons as a me up. I recognize tical this must hove Please find the lime and ask your
supposed ollernallve to abortion. The been a very painlul declslon, but I om friends to nrtd the time. We rnrtsl not lose
reason suppon groups like Origins (26 glad she allowed me to experience the this.
Highland Avenue, Whippony. NewJersey life and the love my ndoptive lamily Patricia A. Piccardo
07981) must exist, b because nobody shares with me. Pittsburgh. Pa.
else understands or cares about us. We
M. Cecile Slaudcr
are women who have given blrth, but do Milwaukee, Wis. Lisa Cionln Woiil presents o clear
not have the riglit to call ourselves
picture 01 currenl right-wing acllvity to
mothers. We have become society's I have been leellng a growlng sense prohibil abortion. Those who would dcsgarbage.
01 anger, fruslrallon, and urgency over troy reproductive lrecdom show wornan-
I hope that more womcn will realize the abortlon lssue. l had been planning to hatred at lull forcc.Thc proposed legisla-
. tion will not ellminote abortion; it will only
end sale, legal abortion.
CELEBRATE CELEBRATE CELEBRATE
Still, something nags al me. Wohl's .*.;
article menlions only reproductive free-
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OJMI IJuta 1882
COMING NEXT IN
Ms. ~ a~azine celebrates its
IOth'Anniversary with a big
July/August Double Issue.
dom as an issue. In my mind, reproduclive
freedomhas become lused with rc-
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productive responsibility. Abortion does
\ represent o victory for Irecdom. And, loo
oltcn, It represcnls a lullure ol responslbllity.
Tovicw each abortlon this way is, ol
course. absurd. Viclims of rape and in.
ccst do not need counseling on reproductive
responsibility. Neither docs the
woman wlco knows that she could never
bear and raise a hopelessly injured child.
There are exceptions, and we need lo
ZOO+ pages of reporting and
look at people individually. BUI can't we
special features. .. . also admil iiial a slgnilicont number of
unwanted pregnancies and subsequcnl
Great new graphics.
aborliorcs could hove been avoided?
Safe, legal abortion represents a bittersweet
victory. Let us notI>e blind to the
responsibility we hove to use it wisely.
.,An unprecedented lineup of
important writers. , ..,, . East Orland, Maine
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Sure to be a "Colleclor's Item."
lt's Our Anniversary 01 IC E~~I~II~S.'
and Your Celebration!
Lorraine ostergren-~nderson
"I Thank goodrcess the lir~ie for equal
[ray lor work of comparable value has or.
rived, and tiiank you for focusing on It in
the "Gazette" ('Pay Equity:Thc Job Issue
February. 1902). AS a!
nurse I was oilercd o laugl~ol~lc 15 cents
an.liour raise last year on an Inconic ticat
was already well below poverty level.
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