No. The decision to place your baby for adoption is yours and yours alone. You cannot be forced or coerced into giving your baby up. Texas law also provides protections against coercion, and if the process is not followed correctly (for example, consent obtained under duress), the consent or relinquishment can be challenged.

No. In Texas, minors can make decisions about adoption planning and giving up parental rights without needing parental permission. The law does not require parental consent for a pregnant minor to choose adoption.

Yes. If you have an open adoption, you can choose to communicate with them directly to explain your reasons. You will also be able to write letters and send pictures to your child.

Adoption Advocates works with families all over the United States, but most of them are in Central Texas. You have the option to specify either a family from Texas or a family from anywhere in the United States.

Yes. This is something you can discuss with your adoption specialist, or with the prospective adoptive parents, if you feel comfortable doing so.

Yes, you can choose the religion you wish the adoptive couple to be. Adoption Advocates works with families from all types of faiths, and we can help you connect with a family that shares your religious beliefs, if that is important to you. Adoption Advocates asks adoptive families what religion they plan to bring up [...]

The adoptive family will be given de-identified (no last names or addresses) information about your social and medical history, unless of course, you have a fully open adoption and then you may share any information that you choose. Just as you are curious about the adoptive family, they are curious about you. They want to [...]

Adoptive families put together profiles that include their ages, occupation, religion, education, other children, pets, reasons for wanting to adopt and more. You can set up calls or meetings to learn more about them before officially matching.