Adoption Reform & Resources Hotlinks

Some of Our Favorite
Adoption Sites

Organizations and Commercial Sites

Adoption Knowledge Affiliates http://www.adoptionknowledge.org
Adoption Knowledge Affiliates (AKA) is an Austin organization dedicated to fostering the understanding of adoption issues and to serve as a resource for people touched by adoption, the professionals who work with them, and the general public.

Bastard Nation http://www.bastards.org/
Bastard Nation is an adoptee's center for amusement, education, and outrage. Check out Fun with Bastardy, Fight for Your Right To Search, and Reunited And It Don't Feel So Good.

International Soundex Reunion Registry http://www.isrr.net/
ISRR is a non-profit, humanitarian agency which serves and promotes, through the reunion registry, the interests of adults desiring and seeking a reunion with next-of-kin by birth.
They now offer On-Line Registration at http://www.isrr.net/NewFiles/registration.shtml.

Open Adoption Organization http://www.openadoption.org/
TxCARE Co-Founder Bill Betzen's site. Bill's a sort of hero among adoption reformists. Visit his site and find out why!

AdoptionNetwork http://www.adoption.org/
A volunteer operated information resource for the adoption community.

Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/
A nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of information about adoption.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.udhr.org/
"The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities." Eleanor Roosevelt
This site commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the UDHR.

R-Squared Press http://www.openadoptioninsight.org
This site offers several adoption related publications for sale including A Birth Mother's Day Planner, The Adoptee's Family Tree, and Open Adoption Birthparent a quarterly newsletter for birthparents in open adoptions.

Tapestry Books http://www.tapestrybooks.com/
Tapestry sells books dealing with Adoption Issues, with Infertility and with other Parenting Issues.

TxCARE™ Friends

Homepage For Adoptees & Birth Families http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/2991/
Birthmother, Mary Block-Baker has created a site dedicated to adoptees and birth families and provides links to other useful search and reform pages.

Tina Clark's State by State Adoption Information http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/9606/stateinfo.html
She has pages dedicated to many of the states with pending or recent adoption reform legislation as well as info on current law in many states.

KKay's Adoption Corner http:www.koyote.com/personal/hobb
Review:: This site was created by a reunited adoptee and his mother to help other adoptees and birthfamilies in their search efforts. The site provides useful search information, search tools, and lots of great links to geneology sites.

Adoption Law & Reform http://www.webcom.com/~kmc/adoption/adoption.html
Kevin McCarty's site spotlights current Adoption Law and Reform Efforts

International Adoption Sites

Vital Statistics Agency, British Columbia, Canada http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/adoption/
Includes information about legal access (and vetos) as provided by the 1996 Adoption Act. Soon to include statistical information regarding the access (and vetos) provided for by the Act.