Sentences with phrase «many have biological children»

C - level executives must advocate internally for benefits such as generous parental leave, considerations for same - sex couples who can not have biological children and student - loan repayment programs.

We had that calling upon our hearts, we never felt a need to have biological children,» Polly said.

It is really troubling to me that, despite the number of new orphans the earthquake produced, Haiti is still clinging to it's archaic rules about couples needing to be married for 10 years, and to have no biological children, and be over 30 years old, in order to adopt.»

But being a stepmother is like being in - between — not fully mother (I have no biological children of my own), not fully childless either.

When I realized I was not able to have biological children, I made it clear to my husband: «I am ready to adopt whenever you are.»

I imagine there's something particularly special about having a biological child with one's partner (although you don't see many people not marrying the person they love because of infertility) which we will never be able to have (the one inherent advantage to a straight relationship).

For the rest of us, imagine what might've happened if someone along the way decided that poverty, race, mental illness or criminal history disqualifies someone from having biological children.

Adopting children is an incredibly rewarding experience for many parents whether or not they have biological children of their own.

But a few South Asians were wondering why we are not exhausting all our options of having a biological child.

but it's hardly a new concept: gays and lesbians have been turning to all sorts of creative ways to have biological children, including coparenting arrangements.

And during that time, we became involved with a support group to help us through the process and getting advice on what to do in terms of experiencing the grief and a loss of not having a biological child.

We have always wanted to have a biological child and one via adoption.

Whether this means they won't have more children, or won't be having any biological children at all, it's a personal decision moms get to make on their own.

Adoption costs for those who can't have biological children have risen, as has the cost of raising children in general.

If you were trying to make a strong impression on an expectant mother, is your inability to have a biological child really one of the first things you want her to know about you?

And while it's true that their first choice may have been to have biological children, it doesn't mean that adoption is second best.

This confessor has both biological children and one adopted child.

I consulted with foster parents, children who were in foster care and parents who had their biological children in foster care.

Having biological children can be taxed to.

The individual purchasing the female infant gave it to his sister, who was unable to have any biological children of her own.

As a matter of fact, Nana Akufo - Addo and his present wife Rebecca do not have any biological children between them.

To protect her chances of having biological children after aggressive chemotherapy, she had her left ovary removed and cryopreserved.

I didn't feel like I was a complete woman,» and «It (having no biological children) would label you as a failure.»

My name is Travis I'm single and I have no biological children.

James Leech, of Fort Lauderdale, doesn't have any biological children but said he signed it for the neighborhood kids and all those at Stoneman Douglas.

Having biological children in the treatment home may provide a role model for the youth in terms of how to have a relationship with a parental figure.

They knew early on that they would not be bale to have biological children, and had been working with LSS Adoption Services for six years before Jackson came into their lives.

There are many families who are unable to have a biological child due to inferility whose greatest wish is to parent a child.

Prospective adoptive parent (s) may not be rejected for adoption because of his, her or their fertility (capacity to have biological children).

Fertility of Prospective Adoptive Parent (s): Prospective adoptive parents may not be rejected for adoption because of his, her or their fertility (capacity to have biological children).

If you are facing infertility or are unable to have a biological child consider domestic adoption as an option to help you realize your dream of a family.

«We have a biological child and our birth parents chose us because the father was an only child and he wanted to make sure their child had a sibling.

Method: Families were recruited through fathers with substance use disorders or fathers representing reference groups identified as having a biological child age 10 to 12 years.

What if the prospective stepparent never intends to have any biological children of his or her own?

What struck me in reading this was how much work one has to do to adopt a child when so many have biological children that are unwanted and there is no work involved beforehand.

They eventually had a biological child as well, whom they loved just the same as / differently from each of their adopted children.

Parents must be over 35 years of age, couples must be married 10 years, and they preferred that you not have any biological children.

After having our biological children, we felt God leading us to get licensed.

Several years later we had a biological child and after that we decided we were going to pursue adoption but we didn't know from where.

I'm not sure if I feel like it should be easier to adopt or if I feel it should be more difficult to have biological children — it just doesn't seem right for some reason.

Not exact matches

While their story of being «accidental gay parents» drew the attention of international media, they decided to expand their family by having their first biological child together.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- In a landmark ruling for non-traditional families in New York, the state's highest court on Tuesday held a person need not have a biological or adoptive relationship with a child to be considered a parent.

However, she later found out that this wasn't the case: her mother had been unable to care for her at the time of her birth, but later married her biological father and had another child with him.

His biological mother had two more children, who were eventually also adopted by his grandparents due to his biological mother's substance abuse problems.

While Robert Kraft is not the biological father, he is thrilled with Ricki's blessing of having a healthy child.

They are children who have been raised by and then removed from their biological parent (s)-- how is abortion relevant to them, unless you wish they had been aborted?

We would mother our own biological children, not someone else's.

Furthermore, while an intact family composed of two parents of the opposite sex and their biological child or children may provide the best standard family unit in society (and should, therefore, be given support), we would be naive and cruel to dismiss the possibility that differently configured families (e.g., families with single parents or homosexual parents or adopted children) may produce family situations that are as good as, or, in some cases, better than, those of families that fit the standard.

A child conceived from artificial insemination by donor does not face the same situation as would a child having no biological and genetic father at all, but perhaps there are important similarities that could be uncovered through research.

Can't wait for psychiatrists to start prescribing my children and I medication because we have a biological proclivity to believe in illusions.