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  • Review from Jesse, a birth mom November 15, 2011
  • Friends in Adoption founder and director, Dawn Smith-Pliner (right), with the DeMasi-Hilderbrand family Press Release: “FIA defends reproductive rights and highlights best practice to celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month” November 1, 2013
  • In Honor of Birth Mother’s Day ~ 2017 May 13, 2017

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