You and the young girl you are seeing are now expecting a baby. You are both young and do not have plans to get married. She has decided to put the baby up for adoption. You are not feeling very good about this choice. You would like to keep the baby and raise it. But ...
Tucked into a corner, at the end of a business park, Angel’s Cove Maternity Home in Mount Vernon, Illinois, quietly helps pregnant women transition into mothers. The small maternity home could be any other business in the neighborhood, but for many young women it is the helping hand they need to make it through an ...
Adoption is a legal process where one individual, through judicial involvement, legally gains parental rights and responsibilities related to a second person. While the adoptee is generally a child, this is not always the case. Overall the process of adoption is not complicated; however, there are several specific procedural hurdles which must be cleared in ...
Adoption is a complicated, strenuous, and in many cases heartbreaking process. People who are unable to have children look to adoption as their last hope, not knowing how long and stressful the process can be. This shouldn’t discourage people from pursuing this option, but it helps to know and understand the different types of adoption ...