Philomena traces the heart - wrenching journey of a devout Irish woman (played by the incomparable Judi Dench) who sets out to find her long lost son, whom she was forced to
give up for adoption as a teenager by nuns who kept her like a prisoner in a convent full of other unwed mothers in the 1950s.
Not exact matches
About 60 % of the time, South surmised from his experience, the women or girls choose to
give the baby
up for adoption,
as long
as they never see the child at birth.
The subsequent lawsuit, known
as Roe v Wade, led to the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling that established abortion rights, though by that time Ms McCorvey had
given birth and
given her daughter
up for adoption.
(Before the birth of their first child they actually considered
giving up the baby
for adoption and referred to the unborn
as «the amoeba.»
Unresolved traumatic history in parents or ancestors, such
as early abuse, loss of a parent, traumatic birth, or being
given up for adoption
In
adoptions of the past, women who
gave up their babies
for adoption were expected to go on with her lives
as if nothing had happened.
But they do deserve
for their
adoption process (and any peaks and valleys therein) to be lifted
up,
given grace, and treated
as positively
as possible.
Women who have
given their baby
up for adoption, acted
as a surrogate, or are a bereaved mother may also donate.
Open
adoption has been the best of both worlds
for me
as I was
given the very fortunate opportunity to watch Ariel grow
up and still be connected with her.
Depressed in his unemployment, he's asked to write a human interest story about Philomena Lee (Dench), a woman who,
as a teenager in Ireland, fell pregnant, was sent to a convent, and forced to
give the child
up for adoption.
Based on a true story, Judi Dench stars
as an Irish woman who goes searching
for her illegitimate son, whom she was forced to
give up for adoption while living in a Catholic community.
I found her writing to be gorgeous and deeply moving
as she weaves together the stories of those 30,000 Argentineans who disappeared during the war and of the babies who were torn from their mothers and secretly
given up for adoption.
But if you care
for your dog
as a member of your family, you would no more
give him
up because you had to move than you would place your human children
for adoption.
Animal Friends of the Valleys in Lake Elsinore, which also screens out that type of prospective adopter, even stops pet
adoptions at the shelter
for the week leading
up to Christmas, partly to avoid people adopting dogs and cats to
give as Christmas presents, director Anne Washington said.
Iggies might be
given up for adoption because their owners are no longer able to care
for their dogs or,
as it sometimes happens,
for unsuccessful toilet training.
As a «bully» breed some shelters won't even put us
up for adoption and we are euthanized before we are
given a chance — even the pit puppies.
In addition, HB 515 establishes a holding period
for both stray animals and those surrendered by their families, it
gives the person surrendering the animal the ability to change their mind and reclaim the animal, it bifurcates the holding period to incentivize
adoptions and rescue transfers, it allows «shelters» to transfer animals to rescue groups right away to free
up cage and kennel space thus reducing costs while increasing lifesaving, it mandates prompt and necessary care and environmental enrichment, and
for those who are irremediably suffering, rigorously defined, it puts in place a mechanism to end their lives in
as kind and compassionate a manner
as possible and one that meets the dictionary definition
for «euthanasia.»
In addition, online services, such
as The Shelter Pet Project, Petfinder, Adopt a Pet and All Paws
give you tools to do regional and breed specific searches to help you find the right dog
up for adoption at a shelter or rescue group in your region.
Although the veterinarian
gave it her all in her efforts to repair the leg by cutting a still - visible seven - inch line deep into the muscle tissue parallel to the femur with the intention of surgical intervention, upon further inspection and manipulation of the area, she determined the bone had already formed a callous along the fracture line and healed in a novel — read: abnormal — shape, and it was in the terrified, forlorn, unsocialized, fear - reactive dog's best interest to merely stretch the bruised, swollen and contracted muscle
as much
as possible, stitch
up the leg, wrap it in gauze and Coban, and safely confiscate and then place the dog with a local rescue organization until he would be ready
for adoption into a loving, permanent home.)
As the critic Ren Ricard wrote in his now - famous appraisal, «if Cy Twombly and Jean Dubuffet had a baby and
gave it
up for adoption, it would be Jean - Michel.
What does it mean to «
give up» a baby, or
as we say it, place a child
for adoption?
It is also
for families who, caught
up in the emotions of adopting, may not have
given serious thought to some of the less obvious financial aspects of
adoption, such
as costs associated with therapy, medical needs, etc..
Open
adoption has been the best of both worlds
for me
as I was
given the very fortunate opportunity to watch Ariel grow
up and still be connected with her.