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“Fighting for Rights After a Forced, Unethical Adoption.” From the historical archives of CUB (Lee Campbell) Caller: “I am a social worker and I worked for several (one in particular) adoption agencies. And a point that needs to be made here is that we are not allowed under any circumstances to give alternative information, and we are strongly encouraged not to …
“FORGET YOUR SON”: BRAZIL IS FORCIBLY TAKING INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND PUTTING THEM UP FOR ADOPTION Élida smiled when I asked for an interview, but she was hesitant to allow her youngest child to leave her lap as we recorded. As a researcher, I had prepared to attend the sixth annual Kuñangue Aty, a large gathering of women from the Kaiowá …
By Rafael Romo Senior Latin American Affairs Editor (CNN) Growing up in Minneapolis, Alisa Clare Cohen constantly wondered whether her birth parents in Chile really abandoned her. Nearly four decades passed before she learned the truth. “The story that I was told was that my (biological) family had essentially never meant to keep me,” Cohen said. Her now-deceased adopted parents, Sheila and Steve …
Global adoption is a big business, fraught with loose regulations and profit incentives that have made it a target for kidnappers, human traffickers, and pedophiles. Despite regulations on international adoptions, and with some countries even banning all foreign adoptions, the problem has continued. Kidnappers continue to fuel the trade, and adoption agencies continue to skirt the laws. “What I stumbled …
I appeal for your good heart with understanding and compassion for the pain and anguish I feel as a father who has been unjustly kept away from my son. I hope that you can find it in your heart to empathize and agree to my request. Went to Malaysia after residing in Singapore from 2010 till 2015. Had a relationship …
