Have I missed anything in the past year in the adoption debate?

[skylark]

Well this is what I have seen since I've been on here for a couple of months or so:

A lot of expectant women and young mothers have learned here that "open adoption" is not legally enforceable, and have been pointed to resources to help them parent their children.

Women have shared their stories about corruption and coercion, and some people who didn't know the extent to which those things are still a problem have been educated.

Adoptees have shared their stories and some adoptive parents have tried to understand their stories in the interest of helping their own children.

Potential adoptive parents have been encouraged to consider adopting from foster care.

New posters have hurt people's feelings and had their own feelings hurt. Some people are just driven away, but others who stick around and keep reading and posting do eventually come to understand a little bit better.

So it may be the same old same old, but it's worth it I think.