Media Information

Media Contact: Jane Edwards, VP Communication, pr@origins-usa.org

Origins-USA invites journalists to contact us for interviews or assistance with news stories about mothers who lost children to adoption.  We can provide the perspective of mothers who lost children to adoption, or put you in touch with mothers who are willing to tell their stories to the media. 

A Journalist's Guide to Accurate and Honest Adoption Language

Origins-USA encourages the media to use language that accurately and honestly describes adoption.

Tips:

• The terms birthmother, birth mother, and birth parent should never be used, especially to describe an expectant mother.  Nor should the term “prospective birthmother” be used to describe someone considering surrendering her child for adoption.
• Prior to an adoption being finalized caretakers are caretakers, foster parents, or prospective adopters. They are not adoptive parents until the adoption is finalized.