Inquiry into postwar adoption policies can start healing process

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Hundreds of thousands of unmarried mothers were systematically and often violently separated from their babies simply because of their marital status. Many Canadians are unaware that in the immediate postwar decades, federal and provincial governments funded draconian adoption policies that harmed unmarried mothers across Canada. This is being referred to by scholars as the “adoption mandate” or the “Baby Scoop …

Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists

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Compiled by the Vance Twins,  Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists, is an indispensable contribution to adoption literature. The essays, poems and letters in this compilation reflect the thoughts, the feelings, the souls of those who inhabit AdoptionLand — a place of truth and acceptance for the casualties of the demand for children. “I feel like a stolen heart from a corpse, …

“I do buy babies for N1 million and sell them in USA,” a 60 year-old woman confesses.

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A 60-year-old grandmother, Asabi Adebayo, has told the Oyo State Police Command that she had a thriving baby trafficking ring where she allegedly bought five babies for the whopping sum of N5 million, at N1 million per baby, with the sole purpose of taking the babies to the United State of America, for sale. Adebayo who added that she had …

Parents sue after adopting Chinese girl, 8, with spina bifida only to find she is also deaf, blind, has hepatitis C, epilepsy, and scoliosis

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The front featured photo:  Robert Meeker with his adopted daughter, Carys. Robert and Amy Meeker, from Dallas, Texas, agreed to adopt Chinese girl Parents told Carys, eight, had spinda bifida but agreed to take her anyway But when she arrived at their home, couple found a host of other issues They say girl is blind, deaf, has hepatitis C, severe …

A Request to the Korean Government: Stop Intercountry Adoptions

South Korea remains one of the largest exporters of overseas adoptees in the world

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When she finally tracked down the hospital where her son was taken ― which was affiliated with adoption agents ― it had been abruptly closed. After crying for days, she descended into depression with frequent suicidal thoughts.