An independent voice for ethical adoption
We have posted several news articles about birth father’s rights recently, and many of these cases involve adoptions in Utah. In some of these cases, birth mothers have deceived the fathers, signing adoption papers without notifying them that they had gone to Utah or that the child(ren) had been born. We have worked personally with [...]
Dear Friends, Happy 2012! We hope your New Year is starting out well. Here at Ethica, we finished out 2011 very quietly as we contemplated our positioning for 2012. In 2011, we decided to shift our focus from crisis intervention to policy advocacy on a national level, and we worked diligently with officials in Washington [...]
Change.org is currently virculating a petition for Citizenship for all US Intercounty Adoptees. At Ethica, we believe this is an important issue, which is why we released a Guide to U.S. Citizenship for Adult International Adoptees. Adult adopted persons may face grave immigration consequences if U.S. citizenship was never obtained on their behalf. Some adult adopted persons [...]