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Private Adoption Industry Reaps Profits

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A web of consultants, facilitators, and other middlemen have made private adoption a lucrative business. But the profit motives can leave mothers feeling coerced, and, nationwide, a lack of regulation creates opportunities for exploitation. In partnership with TIME, this Newsy report shows the murky world of the private adoption industry. This story was reported and published by Newsy.

Kara Bos

Kara Bos’ Journey to Find her Mother

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The reunion after such a long time, only lasted 8 minutes.  “So he left and I just broke down because that was really my last chance of  knowing anything…because I worked so hard to get to this meeting with him.” Kara Bos.  After 6 months, her father passed away at the age of 87 years old. “Although it is only …

For the creation of a committee investigating the illicit intercountry adoptions since 70s Change.org

For the Creation of a Committee Investigating the Illicit Intercountry Adoptions Since ’70s

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Collective for the Recognition of Illicit Adoptions in France launched this petition addressed to the National Assembly and to 3 others (National Assembly representatives, French Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs). CHANGE.ORG Petition is Here. Many of us have been asking, for a few years now, for an investigation into the illegal practices of intercountry adoption in France. As of today, …

Canada's forced adoption practices released July 19. 2018

Canada’s Forced Adoption Practices Released

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Press conference: The Shame Is Ours | Conférence de presse : Honte à nous | Canada’s forced adoption practices released July 19, 2018 “It is time to begin the healing process for unwed mothers and the children they were pressured into giving up in the decades after the Second World War, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology …