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COI is currently updating this page to inlude the latest information on adoption related advocacy. Please visit this page in the near future.

Positive Adoption Terminology
It is important is use correct language when we talk about adoption because words do hurt. Below is a list of commonly used adoption pharases and words:

Positive Language	Negative Language
Birthparent	Real Parent
Biological Parent	Natural Parent
My Child	Adopted Child or Own Child
Terminate Parental Rights	Give up
Was Adopted	Is Adopted
Make an adoption plan	Give Away
To Parent	To Keep
Waiting Child	Adoptable Child or Available Child
Special Needs Child	Handicapped Child
Making Contact with	Reunion
Parent	Adoptive Parent
Intercountry adoption	Foreign Adoption
Search	Track Down Parents
Child Placed for Adoption	An Unwanted Child
Court Termination	Child Taken Away
Child From Abroad	Foreign Child
Permission To Sign a Release	Disclosure
Birthchild	Own Child
Waiting Child	Adoptable Child; Available Child
Born to Unmarried Parents	Illegitimate

The Hague Convention of Intercountry Adoption
This is an agreement between Hague Countries that aims to establish ethical adoption practices; to protect the rights of birth and adoptive parents; to discourage child trafficking.

Please visit the US Department of State of detailed information. http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_462.html

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