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An Analyses of Evelyn Burns' "Adoption Should be Abolished"

"Adoption Should be Abolished" is an excerption from Evelyn Burns Robinson's book Adoption and Loss: The Hidden Grief. While Robinson does have some authority on the matter due to personal experiences, she tends to have a one-sided opinion that doesn't touch often on the other side's views. She offers some good alternatives to adoption, but tends to state that adoption is very rarely done by choice and is usually forced on young mothers. She claims in her article that there is no justification for adoption and makes some fairly disturbing comparisons to slavery. Although I agree with some of Evelyn Burns Robinson's ways to help avoid adoption, I agree with little else she says.
Evelyn Burns Robinson does have some authority to write about adoption and her views on it, being a woman who as a teenager, gave up a baby for adoption. She feels that in her case she was forced to give up her baby, and she states that almost all teen mothers are made to give up their baby. I don't think that'...

Posted by: Quentina Green

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