BLUE BAYOU - Official Trailer - Only in Theaters September 17 Written by Justin Chon

BLUE BAYOU Produced and Directed by Justin Chon

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Read about both Monte Haines and Adam Crapser’s adoption stories: Want to know the true-life stories of deported adoptees from Seoul, South Korea? If you watched Justin Chon’s film titled Blue Bayou, you should know the background history of not only deported adoptees, like Adam Crapser and Monte Haines but the typical childhood narratives of adoptees like them. his collection, compiled …

Forced Adoption The Scottish Parliament Monica Lennon

History Forced Adoptions, Monica Lennon

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Marion McMillan finally getting her experiences heard at the Parliament. Her story deserves to be acknowledged and her personal account can be read in detail in Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists. Marion McMillan’s (Scotland) chapter is titled, “On Behalf of Scottish Mothers.” page 119, Part 3: “Abandoned”

Baby Broker in Adoptionland

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 …