Tina was given for adoption as a baby. Her adoptive parents were ...

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Tina was given for adoption as a baby. Her adoptive parents were not informed of who the biological parents were. Tina, who knows she was adopted, is contemplating using social media networks to find out who her birth parents are.
 
  What kind of adoption is exemplified here and what are the effects of social media on such adoptions?
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

All of the federal programs and laws below treat same-sex couples differently from married heterosexual couples, EXCEPT:
 
  a) Social Security pays survivor benefits to widows and widowers, but not to the
   surviving same-sex life partner of the deceased.
  b) Married couples are eligible for Social Security spousal benefits, which can allow
   them to earn half their spouse's Social Security benefit if it is larger than their
  own. Unmarried partners are ineligible for spousal benefits.
  c) Medicaid regulations protect the assets and homes of married spouses when the
  other spouse enters a nursing home or long-term care facility; no such protections are offered to same-sex partners.
  d) Inheritance laws allow married couples to leave their assets to a spouse upon their
   death; however no such protections are offered to same-sex partners.
  e) If a person with a 401(k) pension plan dies, the money rolls over to a legal spouse
   without any tax penalty. However, since gays and lesbians cannot legally marry in
   most states, the surviving partner would have to pay a 20 percent federal tax.

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Answer to Question 1

Tina's adoption is an example of a closed adoption. In a closed adoption, the records of the adoption are kept sealed, the birthparent isn't involved in the adoptee's life, and the child has no contact with the biological parents and little, if any, information about them. Because of social media networks, especially Facebook, adopted children have found and contacted their birth mothers. Some birth mothers don't mind, but others resent the violation of their right to privacy, especially if the birth resulted from a rape or violent relationship. Being contacted by a biological child can renew past traumas that the mothers may have struggled to overcome. Adopted children argue, however, that they have a right to meet their biological parents and learn about genetic health histories that may affect their own children.

Answer to Question 2

D