Mary Anne Cohen is a birthmother and adoption reform activist. She has been involved in adoption reform groups since 1975, and is a member of Concerned United Birthparents, supporting member of Bastard Nation, and past board member of American Adoption Congress. She is a Co-Founder and newsletter editor of Origins NJ, founded in 1980 and not affiliated with any Internet Origins groups. She is a poet and essayist, and has written extensively on adoption reform issues.

