Sunday, June 17, 2007

US DOS: Nepal Suspends Intercountry Adoptions

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As of May 14, 2007, Nepal is closed for intercountry adoption: "The Nepali Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCS) has in...
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Saturday, June 02, 2007

Flea Feeding Frenzy--so why no bites lately?

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With the unfortunate mountain of adoption-corruption-related news the adoption world has provided as of late, the last six weeks should have...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

India: Obstetrician and Social Worker Charged in Scheme of Selling Newborns for Adoption

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An apparent scheme for illegally selling newborn babies to agencies and families for the purpose of adoption was recently uncovered in the c...
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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Kyrgyzstan:"Dead" Baby Allegedly Sold for Adoption Causes Investigation of Hospital Maternity Wards

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A midwife and the department head of a hospital maternity ward were arrested after a police investigation found that they may have sold a ba...
Saturday, April 07, 2007

El Salvador: Matching "Lost Children" with First Parents Through DNA

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From a less popular blind man's perspective on the the adoption elephant, all adoption is predicated on a human tragedy of one sort or a...
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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Guatemala: Baby Farming

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Martha lives in Guatemala. She is a 14 year old unwed mother who lives in a house for unwed mothers. Sometime in the last year, Martha gav...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Liberia: UN Mission in Liberia Press Release 34: Human Rights in Liberia's Orphanages

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The following UN press release is quoted in its entirety. The bold print is mine to emphasize parts of the report related to resistance to ...