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Redefining the Ethics of Adoption, Race, Gender, and Class

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Fogg-Davis Hawley, The Ethics of Transracial Adoption. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002. ix + 154 pp. $25.00 cloth.
Solinger Rickie, Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United States. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001. ix + 290 pp. $25.00 cloth.

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Sandra Patton-Imani
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When I was a child, I had a book called The Chosen Baby. Originally written in 1939 by Valentina Wasson, the edition I was given had been revised and updated in 1950 (Wasson 1939). It is the book I, as an adoptee, was given to understand adoption— my origins. It is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, who had everything they could ask for, except one thing—they needed a baby to make their happiness complete (Patton 2000).

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Law & Society Review , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , 2002 , pp. 813 - 861
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Copyright © 2002 Law and Society Association.

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