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Unlearning
Adoption . . .
Reviews by Jane Jeong Trenka, Sandy Musser, Joss Shawyer, Karen Wilson Buterbaugh, and Joseph Soll
"Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection
is a wonderfully commonsense overview of why adoption as it is
practiced in the U.S. must be abolished. Ms. DelBalzo covers vast
territory quickly, including the pro-adoption bias of the media, the
false promises of 'Safe Haven' laws and open adoption, and alternate
models for childcare including guardianship and non-American adoption
practices. Ultimately, DelBalzo's message is one of deep
compassion, hope, and vision. 'The anti-adoption movement,' she
writes, 'may be small, but it is growing in number and strength, not
unlike women's suffrage and civil rights, both of which were originally
dismissed as radical and implausible.'"
- Jane Jeong Trenka, author of The Language of Blood: A Memoir and co-editor of
Outsiders Within: Writings on Transracial Adoption.
"Unlearning Adoption
is the MOST candid and straightforward book you will ever read on the
subject of adoption. As a
young
woman, the author was way ahead of her time – she recognized
very early on that Adoption = Legalized Lies. By
introducing
the reader to HAL
(Honest Adoption Language), she explains succinctly,
in a clear and concise way, how
all of
us can “unlearn adoption” and become advocates of
Family Preservation. Through this dynamic and educational
book, Jessica DelBalzo has
catapulted herself to a leadership role in the social work field
and the
arena of Family Preservation."
- Sandy Musser, author
of I Would Have
Searched Forever and
To Prison with Love.
"Unlearning
Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection,
is a
thoughtful, well-written expose
of adoption. Jessica DelBalzo presents
accurate and compelling reasons to do away with this abusive
institution. This
easy to read book offers sensible alternatives to prevent the needless
separation of mother
and child. This is a must read for anyone concerned
about the effects adoption."
-
Joe Soll, LCSW, author of Adoption
Healing... a path to recovery and Evil Exchange.
"Unlearning
Adoption provides no
nonsense, straightforward information that strips away myths
and illusions down
to raw reality: adoption
hurts
people. This much
needed, long-awaited book should be read by all who struggle from
lifelong
wounds caused by separation
from natural family members, as well as the general
public who, for many decades, have been taught that
adoption is ‘a loving
option’ and ‘in the best interests of the
child.’ Not
only does DelBalzo offer
humane
alternatives to adoption, she also explains clearly why adoption is
solely ‘in
the best
interests” of people who seek to adopt, the multi-billion
dollar a
year adoption industry,
and those who
work within it."
-
Karen
Wilson Buterbaugh, co-author of Adoption Healing... a
path to
recovery for mothers
and founder of OriginsUSA.
"This
book is a 'MUST READ' for all
Americans, especially social work and
counselling students, who hold enormous power to bring about change in
adoption
law and practice. DelBalzo challenges the machinery that drives the
multi-billion dollar adoption industry, and the media frenzy that fuels it,
creating a supply to meet a fabricated demand. She unravels and reframes the
deceitful language of adoption that made the unpalatable palatable
– especially
for those of you who may have preferred to remain unknowing. She exposes
the
myth of 'open' adoption as a false promise not supported in law, and
explains, step by step, how the industry and its workers psychologically
disable mothers in order to force them to surrender their babies. This truly is
a 'journey of unlearning' – all the spin, all the lies that
the adoption
industry does not want you to question. If you want to know the truth about
North American adoption, read this book. And then begin to ask those questions
you will be sure to have."
- Joss Shawyer, author of Death
by Adoption.
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