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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 04:27 AM

    Lovely article

    Dawn Friedman expressed her point of view and her experience so clearly, so simply. I just want to thank her for putting onto the page all the convoluted, contradicting emotions surrounding adoption. And thanks to Salon for publishing it.

    I'm an adult adoptee from a closed adoption myself, and I found my birth mother when I was 19, with my adoptive parents' unwavering support and help. It was very scary for me, and my biological mother and her family suffered for years not knowing what had happened to me. I often wonder if open adoption could have calmed their fears.

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