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International Adoption
Dr. Susan Bissell addresses misperceptions of UNICEF
From Council on Foreign Relations: The biggest misperception is that UNICEF is against inter-country adoption. We are most certainly not against inter-country adoption. I think that there is some very deliberate and misleading journalism in this area. We support the continuum of care: everything from trying to support vulnerable families so they don’t have to [...]
Comprehensive medical evaluations of newly adopted children crucial
From American Medical News: The unique health needs of newly adopted children make it crucial that physicians perform a comprehensive evaluation, including gathering any available medical history and conducting age-appropriate tests, a developmental assessment and complete physical examination, says an American Academy of Pediatrics clinical report in the January Pediatrics. The article offers guidelines for [...]
New U.S. Guidelines for Pediatricians to assess International Adoptions
From SOS Children’s Villages: Despite the fact that many children are arriving with incomplete birth and medical records, the new guidelines released by the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) states that paediatricians should delay changing issues like an adopted child’s age for at least 12 months.The new guideline on adoptee evaluation and treatment is seeking [...]
California: Woman sentenced to prison for baby-sale scheme
From CBS News: A former lawyer has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for running a fraud scheme that paid women to have babies for sale. Hilary Neiman, 32, was sentenced Thursday by a judge who condemned her for targeting couples looking to have children and dishonoring the legal profession. Neiman pleaded guilty [...]
Please Support YOU FOLLOW: A Search for One’s Past
YOU FOLLOW: A Search for One’s Past is a documentary film project profiling Nisha Grayson who traveled to Goa, India in 2009 with a group of friends to find her birth mother. Nisha plans to travel back to Goa in January to complete her journey and finish the film. The project’s fundraising goal to complete [...]
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