Couple ‘forced to give triplets up for adoption as teenagers’ try to find sons 43 years on

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A couple has launched a heartfelt appeal on social media in a bid to try and find the triplet sons they were forced to give up for adoption 43-years-ago. Cynthia and Brian Bush gave up their three sons in 1972 after Cynthia fell pregnant as a teenager, but after going on to get married and raise three more children the …

Church says sorry over forced adoptions

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The Catholic Church in Australia has issued a national apology over past adoption practices that have been described as a “national disgrace”. The apology was prompted by an ABC investigation into claims of abuse and trauma in Newcastle. It is believed at least 150,000 Australian women had their babies taken against their will by some churches and adoption agencies between …

Guatemalan Kidnapping / American Adoption

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Karen Abigail Monahan is ten years old and lives with her mom and dad, Jennifer and Timothy Monahan, in Liberty, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. She is likely in the fifth grade and undoubtedly knows that she was adopted from Guatemala. Someday soon, this little girl will sit at a computer and type her own name, or that of …

Rot in Uganda’s adoption system

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The Children’s Act Amendment Bill 2015 comes up for debate in Parliament today (Thursday). Our undercover reporter attended an intriguing workshop of stakeholders on the controversial legislation and now writes . . . Government officials, social workers and security personnel fear for their safety and are frustrated with dealing with what they called ‘the mafia’ in the country’s adoption system. …

Fraud and deceit at the heart of Uganda adoptions to United States

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LONDON/KAMPALA, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ugandan families have been bribed, tricked or coerced into giving up their children to U.S. citizens and other foreigners for adoption, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found. Leaked documents, court data and a series of exclusive interviews with officials, whistleblowers, victims and prospective adoptive parents has revealed: – a culture of corruption in which …