open adoption
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When she fell into a deep depression after relinquishing her child, the family closed what was originally intended to be an open adoption, and she wasn't allowed to see her son again.
From Salon • May 3, 2022
Today, as open adoption becomes the norm, it is often a lifelong process.
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021
In recent decades, open adoption has been replacing this practice, but rules governing past adoptions change slowly, and I was barred from seeing my birth records.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021
Of course, there are open adoption relationships that are especially difficult and/or unable to go the distance.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2020
They had always said that it could be an open adoption.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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