Soon after, in 1976, Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) was founded by surrendering mother Lee Cambell.
A 2003 revision of this statement formally extended CUB’s area of emphasis to include "all family members separated by adoption rather than birth parents alone.
[2] CUB is actively interested in search-related issues, and new members may insert free ads in the organization's newsletter.
CUB members believe adoption is not always necessary, especially when the birthparent's problem is a temporary one, such as inadequate finances or lack of emotional support.
[4] According to adoption historian Ellen Herman, CUB organizer Lee Campbell and her co-founders were the first to coin the term "birthmother" (and by extension "birthparents") in an effort to describe the relationship between the biological parents and the child put up for adoption in a new way.