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Monte Haines was born in 1970 in Korea and was sent for adoption to a family in Iowa through Holt International. Contributor of The “Unknown” Culture Club: Korean Adoptees, Then and Now, Monte was born in 1970 in South Korea and was sent for adoption to a family in Iowa in 1978 through Holt International on an IR-4 visa. His …
Originally known as Pelletstown and later as Saint Patrick’s Mother and Baby home, 361 Navan Road, Dublin 7, it was originally a public Workhouse and probably designated a ’Special institution’ exclusively for single mothers in 1904. It was converted for such usage in 1906 by George Sheridan at a cost of £11,000. Pelletstown was owned and financed by the Poor …
How Much Are American Children Worth? Jennifer Lyn Wachowski exposes lies and propaganda of the multi-billion dollar adoption industry, the selling of newborns to the highest bidders. Amber and Jennifer discuss the intricacies of adoption law – it is in the best interest of adoption attorneys and law-makers to support adoption because selling the babies of poor, marginalized mothers is …
A mother’s love, loss and determination has greatly impacted social awareness and created organizations such as MADD, founded by Cindy Lightner, and the well-known Amber Alert system, which Donna Norris created. The power of another mother’s love also created the Make a Wish Foundation. All of these women, and others such as the parents in Sandy Hook, turned the loss …
The trauma of forced adoptions for mothers is well documented but the impact on fathers is not. How do fathers fare when babies are adopted out? They can be the forgotten characters in the story. with Ellen Fanning on Radio abc For radio interview of Adoptionland contributor, Cameron Horn listen here. Australian fathers invited to be interviewed: www.birthfathers.unsw.edu.au or visit …