Many Adoptions Based on False Information

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Since a few years ago came to light that adopted children from Ethiopia were ‘harvested’ and conned from their parents, caused a stir. But adoptions from numerous other countries saves on false papers, lies and deceit. Now a new law on the way to provide secure adoptions – maybe. The affluent South Korea is considered a model country for international …

Catholic Charities and Holt

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Three  year old Madoc (aka Hyunsu) was adopted from South Korea under the new laws by Brian and Jennifer O’Callaghan in October 2013. He had a diagnosis of hydrocephalus. He died less than 4 months after his arrival in his adoptive home with a skull fracture, bleeding in the brain, eye hemorrhaging, trauma to his scrotum, and other evidence of …

Living with Dead Hearts

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“We saw a person grab my son and take him away. No one could find him, it was as if he had evaporated.” A Chinese Father “The feeling of losing your child, it’s like …like being hopeless. We are living with dead hearts.” A Chinese Mother “The orphanages classified the children as ‘orphans’ or ‘abandoned’….and put them up for international …

Mercy Mercy

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Grierson Nominees 2015: by Katrine W. Kjaer Five years ago I met Henriette and Gert through research I was doing for another project. They were facing adoption, and showed me a photo of their prospective children, Masho and Roba, together with their biological parents, whom the adoption agency had explained, were dying of AIDS. At this time I didn’t question …