Monday, October 29, 2012

Should the Adoption Tax Credit be Renewed?

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At the New York Times Room for Debate page, a discussion of the adoption tax credit, pro and con.  The MOST AMAZING thing is that a birth m...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

Adopting Out the Children of Illegal Immigrants V

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A more positive entry in the continuing series (see  part I , part II , part III and part IV ), from, of all courts, the Texas Supreme C...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Homecomings of Adult Adoptees Reveal Dark Side of Adoption

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Another piece on international adoption from the Korea Times : Washington State Senator Paull Shin, French digital economy minister Fleur ...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

South Korea: Adoptee Justice/Adoptees Return

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Two stories about South Korean adoption came across my radar today.  First, from a German magazine, South Korea's Lost Children Return ,...
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Friday, October 5, 2012

Meeting the Wrong Birth Parents

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A Korean adoptee, who thought she'd met her birth parents -- until the DNA tests showed they were the wrong people (they actually belong...
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Korean Adoptee Twins Now Homeless

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Incredibly painful story from KoreAm : The tragic story of homeless twin sisters in Washington, D.C. has been met with anguished reactions...
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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Nigerian Mother's Battle to Keep Her Baby

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From the BBC : A doting, smiling mother cradles her first born caressing his tiny fingers in her hand. But 16-year-old Affiong Ene Essie...

Adoptive Parents in China Still Live in the Age of Secrets

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From Channel News Asia : More Chinese are defying tradition by adopting abandoned babies, especially handicapped children. These adoptive...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

In Gay Couple Custody Dispute, AP Wins over Bio Parent

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The New York Post reports on a custody case pitting biological mother against her partner who adopted the child: A Family Court judge has...
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PAP Sues Agency for Failed Adoption

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From the Courthouse News Service : Pakistan authorities charged an American with child trafficking because her Michigan adoption agency fa...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Charity Begins at Home: Adoption Tax Credit

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OK, as you know, I can't stand equating adoption and charity, but the author of the article titled it thus; the Family Law Prof blog rep...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

School/Health Issues for Adopted Kids

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More on that study I posted about yesterday , this one from U.S. News & World Report : A school project that requires a baby photo, cl...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Pediatricians Need to Support Adoptive Families

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From Medicalxpress : As more children are adopted each year, pediatricians must be knowledgeable about adoption issues and model positive ...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Adopting a Kid, Not a Cause

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From the Her.meneutics blog at Christianity Today: There are three bad things that happen when we emphasize the missional aspects of adop...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Adoptive Parents: We Are the 47%

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There's been a lot of talk this election season about people depending on the government for handouts, culminating in the recent comme...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

"Falsified Adoption" from South Korea

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Interesting story , though why the headline is "falsified adoption" rather than "adoption trafficking" is anybody's ...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Adopting Children/Adopting Pets

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A writer recounts a conversation with preschoolers who only know about adoption as something that happens to pets: Months ago I went to a...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

DYI Adoption

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From the Wall Street Journal The Juggle (juggling work & family) blog: Get a lawyer, set up a website, create an advertising budget. ...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Family Secrets

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That's the title of a fascinating and troubling article in Open Magazine focusing on the searches of international adoptees from India ...
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

First U.S. Couple Adopts Under New Guatemalan Adoption Law

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Widely reported AP story about the first U.S. couple to adopt under the new Guatemalan adoption law, put in place after the scandals that e...
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