If the
adoption of embryos is approved, there are apparently no provisions being considered for the rights
of natural parents who suffer life - long grief in
adoption and who, I would assume, would
experience similar
effects to those
of us who have lost our children through
adoption.
Additionally, some studies with institutionalized children
experiencing neglect and transitioning into nurturing homes through
adoption show an initial normalization
of diurnal cortisol slopes, 10 but other studies show that years later dysregulated cortisol patterns are present again when compared with nonadopted children.33 This raises the possibility that early adversity may have programming
effects on the HPA axis that become apparent with time and development, similar to what has been observed in experimental studies in primates and rodents.34 The follow - up assessment in the present study is ideally suited for testing the possibility
of long - lasting reversals in HPA functioning.