Anti-adoption activists defy popular opinion

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`Scared and vulnerable’

“I’ve never seen anyone more scared and vulnerable than a pregnant woman without resources,” he said. The problem is, “if they ask for help, more than likely they are advised to give up their child.”

The Worldview of International Adoption

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Worldview producer Alexandra Salomon gives us a special look into the world of international adoption, and some of its origins. (Also, we talk to Vali Nasr about a settlement framework for Syria.)  Radio interview about the history of international adoption starts in 14:56 of the program. (Photo: Associated Press/Gosia Wozniacka)   Original link visit here. Many believe that withholding U.S. Citizenship from …

Objections to Closed Adoption; Ethical, Moral, Legal and Practical.

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Objections to closed adoption; ethical, moral, legal and practical (Note: This piece was originally written in July 2013 and sent to a Citizens Convention examining the Irish Constitution and making recommendations for changes and additions. Many of the ethical and moral objections to closed adoption are common throughout the world and a few are legal issues related to international documents …

Christian World Adoption (CWA)

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2009 special report on Ethiopian child adoption agencies and how they exploit Ethiopian children and families. “This is Tegene, he’s a little abandoned child,”  says the presenter on Christian World Adoption’s DVD catalogue of orphans. On the other side of the world, Lisa Boe fell in love. She adopted Tegene, who one day identified his real ‘mom’ in a photograph. …

‘Child trafficking with help of State’

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Victim of illegal adoption affair wants to go to court By Esther Wemmers Amsterdam – A victim of the major illegal adoption affair of the eighties wants to sue the Dutch State for co-responsibility of child trafficking and allowing couples to change the identity of their illegally adopted children.  Childless Dutch couples avoided the long waiting lists for adoption by …