Mexico adoption-for-cash scheme took babies from poor mothers

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By Mark Stevenson | The Associated Press | Aug. 2015. MEXICO CITY – A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities said Friday. Raul Ramirez, the head of the government human rights commission in the …

Parents sue after adopting Chinese girl, 8, with spina bifida only to find she is also deaf, blind, has hepatitis C, epilepsy, and scoliosis

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The front featured photo:  Robert Meeker with his adopted daughter, Carys. Robert and Amy Meeker, from Dallas, Texas, agreed to adopt Chinese girl Parents told Carys, eight, had spinda bifida but agreed to take her anyway But when she arrived at their home, couple found a host of other issues They say girl is blind, deaf, has hepatitis C, severe …

Adopting a Child in Islam

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Islamic legal rulings about foster parenting and adoption By Huda The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said that a person who cares for an orphaned child will be in Paradise with him, and motioned to show that they would be as close as two fingers of a single hand.  An orphan himself, Muhammad paid special attention to the care of …

Mexico: Twins Who Were Separated At Birth Meet Up After 20 Years

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Adriana Scott was adopted from Mexico when she was just weeks old. While growing up on Long Island, N.Y., she noticed that she looked nothing like her cousins. She had no idea why she excelled at certain things. “I’m very into music and into dancing,” she says. “My family’s not like that, really.” And she always believed her quirks were …

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Centre Lifts Adoption Veil

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New Delhi, April 30: Arun Dohle took 17 years to find his biological mother. Dohle, 43, was two months old when his mother surrendered him to a Pune-based adoption agency. A couple from Germany later adopted him. Years later, when he returned to India to search for his biological mother, the agency refused to share any details. Dohle moved court. …