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Should Adoption be a Reproductive Right?

May 9, 2011 - by 2017-FIA-NEW-SITE
Please visit the link below to read our Adoption Access Network co-founder, Cristina Page’s, most recent article on Huffington Post: “Should Adoption be a Reproductive Right?” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-page/should-adoption-be-a-repr_b_858404.html (Friends in Adoption is a proud member of the Adoption Access Network)    
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