Hold the adoption agencies and authorities responsible for unethical adoptions

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The adoption scandal in Chile has made Swedish media pay attention to the more complex aspects of adoption and finally, people are being made aware of the fact that many adoptions were carried through unethically. It ranges from discrepancies in the documents, lack of information and coercion of first parents to downright kidnapping and trafficking. We demand of the Swedish …

The adoption business – snatched from parents, sold as orphans

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 To the Congress Lecture by Dorrit Saietz “The adoption business – snatched from parents, sold as orphans”, on Saturday, 4 March 2018, from 9:00 to 10:00 To the Congress Lecture by Dorrit Saietz “The adoption business – snatched from parents, sold as orphans”, on Saturday, 4 March 2018, from 9:00 to 10:00 Interview with Dorrit Saietz Dorrit Saietz is a …

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 …

A search warrant to the adoption agency, Holt Child Welfare Foundation

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A SEARCH WARRANT TO THE ADOPTION AGENCY, HOLT CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATION “Police find 22 missing children and disabled people with 100 days intensive investigation (Seoul-Yonhap News) Kwon, Yeong-jeon, a police officer, has conducted a 100-day intensive investigation into children and disabled persons who have been missing for over a year. The National Police Agency said on July 4 that a …

Adoptive parents pass on unwanted children to strangers via internet

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“Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been alerted by the media to the worrying trend of so-called online re-homing for adopted children. The term describes transactions between foster parents who want to get rid of kids they regret adopting, to strangers who can’t or won’t adopt through legal channels. Marina Portnaya investigates what turns out to be a thriving practice.” RT  Published …