Selected Organizations Opposed to Legalized Child Abandonment

The following organizations have at some point expressed opposition to legalized child abandonment.

UNITED STATES and CANADA

A Day for Adoptee Rights

Adoptees Caucus for Truth

Adoption Circle Hawai’i

Adoption Community of New England (ACONE)

Advocates for Pregnant Women

American Adoption Congress

American Coalition of Fathers and Children

Ariadne Group

Arlington (Massachusetts) Town Meeting

Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization

Bay Area Birthmothers (San Francisco)

Buckeyes for Access (Ohio)

California Open

Canadian Children’s Rights Council

Canadian Council of Natural Mothers/Counseil Canadien des Meres Naturelles

Capital Resources Institute

Center for Family Connections (Massachusetts)

Child’s Best Interest Concerned United Birth Parents (CUB)

Ethica: A Voice for Ethical Adoption

Dad’s Against Divorce Discrimination (DADS)

Green Ribbon Campaign for Open Records

Holt International

Massachusetts Families for Kids

Massachusetts Home for Little Wanderers

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention to Cruelty to Children

Mouvement Retrouvalles (Quebec)

National Congress for Fathers and Children

Nebraska Children’s Home Society

Nebraska Hospital Association

Nebraska Medical Association

Nebraska Volunteer Firefighters

Nez Perce Tribe Oregon Adoption Rights Organizations

Origins Canada

Origins-USA

PACER (Post Adoption Center for Education and Research, San Francisco)

Parents and Professionals for Family Preservation and Protection Prevent Child Abuse Virginia

Spence-Chapin Services to Family and Children

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Virginia Department of Health

Virginia League of Social Service Executives

Virginia Poverty Law

Virginians for Adoption Reform

White Oak Foundation (Illinois)

INTERNATIONAL

 Belgium

Flemish Commissioner for Children’s Rights

France

France Association des Mere de ‘Ombre Association pour le Droid aux Origins les Enfants Nes soux X (ADONX)

Coordination des Actions pour les Droit la Connaissance des Orgines (CADCO)

Germany

Babyklappen, Nein Danke!

Italy

Figli Adottvi de Genitori Naturall (FaeGN)

Japan

Child and Family Research Institute Social Works Study Division

Singapore

Centre for Promoting Alternatives to Violence Social Welfare, Ministry of Community Development and Sports

Spain

Andas (Derrecho a Saber)