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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 12:00 AM

Open adoption, broken heart

I knew it would be hard for my daughter's birth mother to give her up. I just didn't expect to feel so guilty for taking her.
By Dawn Friedman

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  • Wednesday, March 8, 2006 08:01 AM

    Moved

    Articles like these are the reason why I became a salon.com premium member in the first place.

    To Laurel: Why do you feel that ALL open adoptions are wrong? Also, why question the African-American's mother to place her biracial baby with a white family? I am curious if you would you question her if she had placed the child with an African-American family?

    —Kim 1977 Read Kim 1977's other letters

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