| The past few decades have brought a
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| | with a partner. Others are not only
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| previously never seen and a remarkable
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| | comfortable with being single but choose
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| increase in the number of families headed
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| | to remain single throughout the adoption
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| by single mothers. Yet unlike the
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| | process and the raising of a child to
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| stereotypical images conjured up by the
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| | adulthood. Faced with the reality of a
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| general population of an un-wed,
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| | ticking biological clock, numerous of
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| poverty-stricken, uneducated, and
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| | them have unsuccessfully pursued
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| abandoned young teen or woman facing
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| | intrauterine insemination with donor
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| parenthood alone and ostracized, an
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| | sperm &/or donor egg prior to pursuing
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| increasing number of successful single
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| | adoption as the road to
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| well-educated professional women in their
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| | parenthood.Whereas friends, family, and
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| 30s and 40s are arriving at motherhood by
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| | society may embrace the married adoptive
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| choice and through adoption.Advocates
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| | couple for rescuing or adopting a child
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| note the number of both domestic and
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| | and elevate them to the status of saints,
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| international adoptions have been
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| | single mothers are not always so readily
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| steadily increasing over the last decade.
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| | lauded for their desire and plan to
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| However, compared to their married
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| | pursue motherhood through adoption.
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| counterparts, citing the process of
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| | Detractors and critics will accuse the
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| international adoption as less lengthy
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| | single mother of selfishness for not
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| and the likelihood of adopting a younger
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| | providing the adoptive child a father and
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| child much greater, single women are more
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| | an intact home. Others will erroneously
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| likely to pursue international adoption
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| | point to and cite statistics linking
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| over domestic adoption. With domestic
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| | single motherhood to a variety of
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| adoption, birth mothers are more likely
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| | potential social ills for their child. To
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| to select couples over singles for their
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| | pursue the consideration and possibility
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| babies and age is a greater consideration
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| | of adoption, a single woman may even have
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| with most agencies.Not unlike their
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| | to develop newfound courage to conquer
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| married counterparts who pursue adoption,
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| | her own inner demons and alleviate her
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| single women often pursue motherhood
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| | own previously held thoughts and beliefs
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| citing the same need and desire to love
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| | about adoption.After investing so much
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| and nurture a child of their own.
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| | financially and personally in fertility
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| However, unlike married couples, the
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| | treatments or traveling around the world
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| single woman faces the arduous process
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| | to finalize the legalities of adoption,
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| and costs of adoption alone and with the
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| | both married and single adoptive parents
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| reality she may end up raising her child
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| | may struggle with high expectations and
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| alone without a father or partner.Many
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| | transition to sharing their lives with a
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| single mothers who adopt will openly
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| | child. Single mothers can feel guilt and
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| share although they have chosen
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| | shame when they long for moments of
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| motherhood at this point in their lives;
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| | solitude and the independence of their
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| they are not necessarily single by choice
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| | former single lives.
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| and hope to ultimately parent their child
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