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Maryland and Virginia area since 2020, and works mainly with two shelters that practice an open adoption policy, spoke with me on a video call.

As an ardent supporter of open adoption, she continued, "I will not work with any shelter that does that. The one control we have as fosters is who we work with . . . You have to be willing to say, 'OK, this policy that you have is the reason I'm not willing to foster with you now.' It's the only way we have any influence."

Three families who are connected through open adoption embark on an ambitious vacation that goes awry after an announcement — and a request — from their kids’ birth mother.

Still, I’m glad that open adoption is emerging as a default, albeit an overridable one, and the time may have come to rethink our norms regarding sperm donation, too.

When she fell into a deep depression after relinquishing her child, the family closed what was originally intended to be an open adoption, and she wasn't allowed to see her son again.