We Demand an Independent Review of Adoption

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Earlier, 92 adoptees from Chile wrote about unethical adoptions from that same country. They are not the only ones. Today, 40 Colombian adoptees are coming together, sharing that the unethical adoptions were not limited to Chile. Recently, we witnessed how 92 adult adoptees from Chile started questioning what is to come after they found out that several of the adoptions …

Most of the children still have parents

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An orphanage using the name of an Australian Bali bombing victim has been accused of sourcing children with living parents from a remote island to help solicit donations from western tourists. Former workers at Jodie O’Shea House, one of Bali’s biggest institutions for children, made a detailed complaint about its activities to Save the Children, which passed it on to Indonesian authorities. The …

Scores of Children Illegally Adopted

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Dr. Irene Creedon took in babies from vulnerable mothers at her surgery She allowed adoptive parents to register children as their own Operations uncovered by mother-of-two when she began tracing her birth A well-known family doctor arranged scores of illicit and illegal adoptions across the nation over at least two decades, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal. Dr. Irene …

The ‘orphan’ I adopted from Uganda already had a family – CNN

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“CNN investigation has uncovered children purposely being orphaned, Mothers thinking they are temporarily giving up their children to be educated, instead, they’re sold to adoptive families who think they are taking an orphan in need.” Anderson Cooper For original CNN investigational report, visit here. Adam and I thoroughly researched at each step of the process in the hopes of ensuring …

Does India follow up on kids adopted abroad?

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What happens to Indian children after they are given up for adoption to NRI/ overseas parents? Saraswati was an infant when she was abandoned by her parents in Gaya district in Bihar. She was taken in by an NGO based out of Nalanda. When she was two-and-half years old, a Kerala couple Wesley Mathews and Sini Mathews, adopted her in …