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Domestic Adoption
Despite Progress, Forced-Adoption Practices Persist Throughout the United States
From RH Reality Check: This year has been a good year so far for an international community of mothers seeking redress for millions of forced adoptions that took place in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In February, Australian legislators announced a plan to apologize for the coercive practices that unnecessarily separated thousands of families during [...]
Adoption Privacy Rules Hamper Obtaining A Florida ID
From FCN (NBC): 21 year old Jessie Walker said she’s persona non grata. “I’ve never had a driver license or state ID. I’ve never been able to obtain one,” she said. She said her many attempts to get a state ID have all been rejected. “(I’ve tried) North Carolina, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Raiford, Charlotte. Florida I’ve [...]
Some Utah adoption agencies ‘coach’ mothers to take rights from fathers
From 9News (NBC): After a Colorado father went through four years of legal battles to get custody of his daughter – who was put up for adoption without his consent – 9NEWS uncovered evidence of a system in Utah where agencies are coaching mothers to deceive fathers out of their parental rights. Utah adoption lawyer [...]
Rift in Utah Adoption Council leads president to resign
From The Salt Lake Tribune: The president of the Utah Adoption Council resigned his post Tuesday — and launched his own competing organization — amid claims the group ignores unethical practices of some adoption agencies and has failed to treat birth fathers fairly. Salt Lake attorney Wes Hutchins, whose one-year term was set to end [...]
Texas: Closed adoption agency under investigation
From San Antonio Express News: Adoption Services Associates Inc., a San Antonio-based international adoption agency that filed for bankruptcy liquidation last week, is under investigation by the Texas attorney general for possible consumer fraud. ASA abruptly closed its doors April 9, to the shock of dozens of prospective parents. More than 900 couples from around the globe [...]
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