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Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions

Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions EDITORIAL Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions Gordon E. Finley, PhD The State of Florida has captured the national spotlight once again. This time it is for revised adoption laws passed by the Florida Legisla- ture last year over the objections of adoption attorneys. The focus of the current national media attention is on the portion of the new laws that would enhance birth father identification, location, and notification. One side of the controversy is well captured in the title of a Sun-Sentinel newspaper article (cited on America On Line, 8/7/02) which reads: “Women Who Put Babies Up for Adoption Required to Publish Sexual Pasts.” According to the article, if background searches fail, the birth mother must place legal notices about the adoption in the local newspa per where the baby was conceived. In the newspaper notice, the mother Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 6(1) 2002 http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J145  2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1300/J145v06n01_01 1 2 ADOPTION QUARTERLY must list her name, describe herself, name or describe the possible fa- ther(s) and list the date and the city or county of conception. In this Editorial, we will be critiquing legislation as a form of social intervention. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions

Finley, Gordon E.
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 6 (1): 5 – Sep 1, 2002
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Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions

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EDITORIAL Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions Gordon E. Finley, PhD The State of Florida has captured the national spotlight once again. This time it is for revised adoption laws passed by the Florida Legisla- ture last year over the objections of adoption attorneys. The focus of the current national media attention is on the portion of the new laws that would enhance birth father identification, location, and notification. One side of the controversy is well captured in the...
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EDITORIAL Birth Father Rights and Legislative Interventions Gordon E. Finley, PhD The State of Florida has captured the national spotlight once again. This time it is for revised adoption laws passed by the Florida Legisla- ture last year over the objections of adoption attorneys. The focus of the current national media attention is on the portion of the new laws that would enhance birth father identification, location, and notification. One side of the controversy is well captured in the title of a Sun-Sentinel newspaper article (cited on America On Line, 8/7/02) which reads: “Women Who Put Babies Up for Adoption Required to Publish Sexual Pasts.” According to the article, if background searches fail, the birth mother must place legal notices about the adoption in the local newspa per where the baby was conceived. In the newspaper notice, the mother Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 6(1) 2002 http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J145  2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1300/J145v06n01_01 1 2 ADOPTION QUARTERLY must list her name, describe herself, name or describe the possible fa- ther(s) and list the date and the city or county of conception. In this Editorial, we will be critiquing legislation as a form of social intervention. The

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