PEAR
is a 501(c)(3) Pennsylvania non profit corporation. PEAR started as a
grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents who came
together to discuss the lack of a unified, respected voice for adoptive
families.
Our membership has grown to include adoptees,
adoption professionals,
and other persons interested in meaningful ethical adoption reform from
the adoptive parent point of view.
We believe that the
existing system needs strong reforms because it does not represent the
best interest of the people most impacted by the system: the children and their families,
both original and adoptive.
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It
is the mission of PEAR to provide a
voice for prospective and adoptive parents. Our goal is to ensure that
all families are provided:
- the
opportunity to make
a wholly informed and educated decision to adopt;
- a
system that is transparent, ethical, economical,
and respects the rights of families of origin, the laws of governments
involved, the adoptive and prospective adoptive parents, and most importantly the children;
- a
choice of agencies that operate legally, ethically, responsibly and in
the interest of the
adults and children they serve;
- access
to
support services and resources post adoption;
- official
representation before the bodies that govern
and oversee adoption providers.
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