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If you are an expectant or new mother looking to make an informed decision on adoption or looking to end an adoption plan, please contact <em><a href="https://savingoursistersadoption.org/">Saving Our Sisters</a>.</em></p> 197 198 199 200<p class="has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#ce3082;background-color:#d9dee0"><a href="#A"><strong>Adoptee Voices</strong></a></p> 201 202 203 204<p class="has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#ce3082;background-color:#d9dee0"><a href="#F"><strong>First/Birth Parent Voices</strong></a></p> 205 206 207 208<p class="has-text-align-center is-style-info has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-lineheight wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" id="Search" style="color:#a8285cf5;background-color:#d9dee0;line-height:1"><a href="#SRA"><strong>Search/Reunion Assistance</strong></a></p> 209 210 211 212<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>*Warning- Clicking on external links will open a new browser tab and send you to a website outside of <em>The Family Preservation Project. 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