Ande Stanley
@theadoptionfiles.bsky.social
Adoptee rights advocate. lDA ICA baby scoop era. Host of The Adoption Files podcast. Seeking to amplify the voices of those impacted by family severance.
Adopters can be every bit as or even more abusive than our families of origin. Paying for a child is no more a guarantee of good treatment than believing spending more money on a luxury car makes you a better driver. #adoption #adopted #adoptee #safety #childabuse #family #care
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Why is it that so many superhero stories have family loss at their center? Oh- because losing your family is the worst thing that could happen to a child. Unless that child is adopted. Thén losing your family is the best thing that could have happened to you? 🤔 but either way- superpowers!
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Why is it that so many superhero stories have family loss at their center? Oh- because losing your family is the worst thing that could happen to a child. Unless that child is adopted. Thén losing your family is the best thing that could have happened to you? 🤔 but either way- superpowers!
If you claim to care about families while participating in tearing families apart, you are lying to somebody-yourself? Everyone else? #adoptionindustry #adoption #familypreservation #adopted #adopteerights #family
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
If you claim to care about families while participating in tearing families apart, you are lying to somebody-yourself? Everyone else? #adoptionindustry #adoption #familypreservation #adopted #adopteerights #family
An administration that claims to care about children while actively dismantling efforts to ensure there will be a livable world for children to grow up in does not actually care about children. If you believe they do, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 AM
An administration that claims to care about children while actively dismantling efforts to ensure there will be a livable world for children to grow up in does not actually care about children. If you believe they do, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.
Sto imparando l’ italiano. Parlo inglese, un livello intermedio de spagnole e un po’ di francese. Quali sono alcuni buoni podcast per imparare l’italiano? #italian #languagelearner #podcasts
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sto imparando l’ italiano. Parlo inglese, un livello intermedio de spagnole e un po’ di francese. Quali sono alcuni buoni podcast per imparare l’italiano? #italian #languagelearner #podcasts
I have walked blisters onto my blisters. 25 miles 😄
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I have walked blisters onto my blisters. 25 miles 😄
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
On Veterans Day, à relative sent my spouse à text reminding him that lots of free meals were available for veterans. Yep. That’s what they served for; free pancakes. The spouse definitely didn’t think it was so that children could go hungry.
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
On Veterans Day, à relative sent my spouse à text reminding him that lots of free meals were available for veterans. Yep. That’s what they served for; free pancakes. The spouse definitely didn’t think it was so that children could go hungry.
How do we know if the President is lying? His lips are moving. 🤔 maybe? I don’t know. Could be. 🤷♀️
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
How do we know if the President is lying? His lips are moving. 🤔 maybe? I don’t know. Could be. 🤷♀️
Currently applying thé concepts of substantive analysis to the practice of adoption. Adoption does not hold up well. #adoption #adopted #familypolicijg #substantiveanalysis #commodification #unethical #problematic #harm #stigmatization #entitlement #cptsd #adversechldhoodevent
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Currently applying thé concepts of substantive analysis to the practice of adoption. Adoption does not hold up well. #adoption #adopted #familypolicijg #substantiveanalysis #commodification #unethical #problematic #harm #stigmatization #entitlement #cptsd #adversechldhoodevent
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It almost feels like the US government is issuing unlawful orders to thé US Navy.
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It almost feels like the US government is issuing unlawful orders to thé US Navy.
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Reposted by Ande Stanley
The Iowa Adoptee and Family Coalition oppose Safe Haven abandonment boxes because they remove protections under Iowa’s person-to-person Safe Haven law, stripping away critical safeguards for mothers and infants. Stop Baby Boxes Now reports that none have been used in Iowa. 🥚
"Baby box" opposition surfaces as Iowa adds third site
Norwalk added a baby box last week and Windsor Heights officials are raising money for one.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Iowa Adoptee and Family Coalition oppose Safe Haven abandonment boxes because they remove protections under Iowa’s person-to-person Safe Haven law, stripping away critical safeguards for mothers and infants. Stop Baby Boxes Now reports that none have been used in Iowa. 🥚
When one of your rare conditions is heat urticaria, and you are a long distance walker/runner. #heaturticaria #disability #adoptee #medicalrecords #medicalhistory #genetics #dna #adoption
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
When one of your rare conditions is heat urticaria, and you are a long distance walker/runner. #heaturticaria #disability #adoptee #medicalrecords #medicalhistory #genetics #dna #adoption
This President seems pretty intent on being remembered as the worst president in US history. #Trump #president #negativeattention #humanrightsviolations #warcrimes #fascism #greed
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This President seems pretty intent on being remembered as the worst president in US history. #Trump #president #negativeattention #humanrightsviolations #warcrimes #fascism #greed
I live with a profoundly hard of hearing person who does not sign. Just learned that my pantomime for Text Me is the same as the ASL sign for Text message 😄
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I live with a profoundly hard of hearing person who does not sign. Just learned that my pantomime for Text Me is the same as the ASL sign for Text message 😄
Finally getting around to eat ing the second season of Shiny Happy People. Acquire the Fire. Ugh. The militancy contributed to my leaving the church.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Finally getting around to eat ing the second season of Shiny Happy People. Acquire the Fire. Ugh. The militancy contributed to my leaving the church.
One of the organizations I hope to raise money for by participating in àn ultra. Please support The Trevor Project, and save lives. bsky.app/profile/trev...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
One of the organizations I hope to raise money for by participating in àn ultra. Please support The Trevor Project, and save lives. bsky.app/profile/trev...
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time for us to learn about Paul Newby, North Carolina Chief Justice, christofascist, serial adopter, adoption agency founder, and baby thief. 🥚
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
time for us to learn about Paul Newby, North Carolina Chief Justice, christofascist, serial adopter, adoption agency founder, and baby thief. 🥚
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
Truth in Vital Records- the only names that should be on a persons birth certificate should be thé names of the genetic parents #adoption #adopted #vitalrecords #truth #obc #adopteerights #identity
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Truth in Vital Records- the only names that should be on a persons birth certificate should be thé names of the genetic parents #adoption #adopted #vitalrecords #truth #obc #adopteerights #identity
Influencers using the bodies of fostered and adopted children with disability ànd neurodiversity to enrich themselves should be banned from fostering and adopting. #adoption #adopteerights #fostercare #ffy #disability #disabilityrights
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Influencers using the bodies of fostered and adopted children with disability ànd neurodiversity to enrich themselves should be banned from fostering and adopting. #adoption #adopteerights #fostercare #ffy #disability #disabilityrights
If you do not believe in or support the identities of LGBTQIA kids, you should not be allowed to foster or adopt them. #adoption #adopted #adopteerights #lgbtqia #lgbtqrights #mentalhealth #children
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you do not believe in or support the identities of LGBTQIA kids, you should not be allowed to foster or adopt them. #adoption #adopted #adopteerights #lgbtqia #lgbtqrights #mentalhealth #children