Circumventing Adoption Gatekeepers and Official Procedures on the Internet

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I Found My Mom Through Facebook.  (The New York Times, 6/26/2011)

Excerpt:  The Internet is changing nearly every chapter of adoption. It can now start with postings by couples looking for birth mothers who want to place children, and end years later with birth mothers looking to reunite with children they’ve placed. A process that once relied on gatekeepers and official procedures can now be largely circumvented with a computer, Wi-Fi and some luck.