For those of you who say you do not know or do not care about the history of adoption or do not understand why adoptees don't love adoption as you do, please read Amanda's reasoned post on the history and ethics of adoption as it is known today in America The Declassified Adoptee: Is This Really Ethical? An Open Letter to American University Professor, Prof. Kimberly Leighton: Let me first start off by saying how glad I am that I could address this blog entry to you. I am glad that the show that I am about to reference had an adult adoptee there to speak, even if I didn't agree with what you had to say, because the public should be asking us about these issues. I am also glad that I am able to see adoptees doing so well; you are a testimony to that. So many people have a skewed view of adoptees (I guess the fears about adoptees "disrupting" people's lives if records are opened is testimony to that), having smart, insightful, knowledgeable adoptees in the public eye is an important thing. After reading another blogger talk about your recent NPR interview with Diane Rehm, I went to Ms. Rehm's website and viewed the transcript of the show. That is why I am writing you this letter today because you talk about ethics and I care about ethics. And because we're both adopted. (My readers can join the discussion here, I wrote the title of this post to address ).
If you are an adopter or a prospective adopter this is absolutely essential reading - for the sake of adoptees in your care or those you hope to be in your care.
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