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Vietnam Adoption Notice – U.S. Department of State to delay resuming adoptions in Vietnam
From the US Department of State: Vietnam February 2012 Notice: U.S. Department of State to delay resuming adoptions in Vietnam The United States has determined that it will not resume intercountry adoptions in Vietnam on February 1, 2012, when the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption will enter [...]
Families bring Vietnamese orphans home following three year fight
From Fox 59 (Indiana): A time of celebration, tears of joy, and indescribable emotion. Wednesday, two central Indiana families got their miracle, years in the making. Three years ago, three Indiana couples thought they were months away from rescuing their children from a decaying Vietnam orphanage. They had no idea what they were about to [...]
Author explains adoption “market forces of supply and demand”
From NPR: Motivated by the desire to provide a home to a needy child, parents like the Franklins don’t like to talk about international adoption as a business. But clearly the market forces of supply and demand have been at work. A country opens its doors to prospective parents, whether because of war, natural disaster, [...]
Inter-country Adoption: Steep Declines in International Adoptions by U.S. Parents Reflect Mixed Record
From RH Reality Check: An important question is: what is happening? The answer is complex. To begin with, the unfortunate reality is that inter-country adoption has a mixed history. On the positive side: many children have impressive developmental gains once they begin living in a family setting rather than a child care institution. Also, medical [...]
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 [...]
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