Media: Adoption Institute in the News
The Adoption Institute has become a trusted source for the media. Staff frequently provide interviews and research-based materials on a broad range of adoption-related subjects. We are proud of this trust, and view this work as a vital opportunity to promote public awareness. The following are a selection of articles from national and international news outlets where the Institute has been quoted.
January 2006
'National Conversation' Suggested About All Aspects of Adoption
Pertman asserted this month that "a national conversation" is needed about all aspects of adoption in order for it "to get on a level playing field as a normal, natural way of forming a family." Pertman made his comments in a Jan. 18 article in USA Today, "Book Provides Open Talk about Adoption," by Steve Friess. The book referred to is "A Love Like No Other," a new collection of essays by adoptive parents - including Pertman - that was edited by Jill Smolowe and Pam Kruger. To read the article, go to: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-01-18-adoption-book_x.htmFebruary 2006
Treating Women as 'Baby-Making Machines' is Called Unacceptable
Pertman asserts that turning "real-live-flesh-and-blood women into baby-making machines" is not acceptable on a human level or practical level, in a Feb. 20 Quad-City Times article, "Mom Stranded in Iowa When She Vetoes Adoption," written by Dan Gearino. Pertman's comment referred to the practice of pregnant women being relocated from across the country to Sioux City to place their children for adoption. To read the article, go to: http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/02/20/news/local/doc43f7a658b692b508760933.txtMost Adoptions Go Well But 'We Have to get it Right Every Time'
In Feb. 19 article in the Iowa Courier, "Adoption Changes Lead to Danger, Hope," by Dan Gearino, Pertman asserts that despite an increase in interstate adoptions and the potential for fraud, the vast majority of the time adoptions are conducted ethically. However, he cautions that adoption is "not the interstate transfer of refrigerators," and "so we have to get it right every time." To read the article, go to: http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2006/02/19/news/metro/e2a05f2d1e98937b8625711a0003b68a.txt
