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Ukraine: US Department of State Adoption Alert – SDA resumes processing adoptions in Ukraine
From the US Department of State: On July 14, 2011, the presidential order which extends the State Department on Adoption’s (SDA’s) authority to process adoptions was published in Ukraine. We have been informed by the SDA that they have resumed processing adoption applications. As described in a previous alert, the SDA will have the authority [...]
Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again, to lowest level since 1994
From The Washington Post: The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 15 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1994 due largely to sharp cutbacks by China and Ethiopia, sources of most adoptees in recent years. Figures released Tuesday by the State Department for the 2011 fiscal year showed 9,320 adoptions [...]
Bulgaria, Poland and Ukraine: US Department of State Adoption Alert – Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption
From the US Department of State: Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption On September 2, 2011, the Council on Accreditation made the decision to temporarily suspend Saint Mary’s International Adoption for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. Saint Mary’s International Adoption is a Hague [...]
Surrogacy/ adoption scandal raises question about regulation
From Businessweek: She built a name for herself as a highly skilled reproductive law specialist in a state considered the nation’s hub for surrogate pregnancies with its well-established network of sperm banks, fertility clinics and social workers. But prosecutors say Theresa Erickson was actually working the system to become an international baby broker, running a [...]
Ukraine: US Department of State Adoption Alert – July 14, 2011 – SDA resumes processing adoptions in Ukraine
From the US Department of State: Ukraine July 14, 2011 Alert: SDA resumes processing adoptions in Ukraine On July 14, 2011, the presidential order which extends the State Department on Adoption’s (SDA’s) authority to process adoptions was published in Ukraine. We have been informed by the SDA that they have resumed processing adoption applications. As [...]
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