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GailWriteOnTime says,
Obscure "holiday" held the Saturday before the "real" Mother's Day, offends on countless levels. It begins by reminding birthmothers that they have vanished, standing in the penumbra of Mother's Day, peaks in celebration that acknowledges birthmothers'sacrifice but ignores the depth of pain and loss that may persist. The occasion ends by defining birthmothers as warmly as sperm donors. Even the term - birthmother - has a clinical connotation. To distinguish birthmothers in this way is insensitive.