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Letters from the President
Ethica responds to Center for Adoption Policy and New York Law School’s discussion of Ethica’s legislative proposal to combat trafficking for the purposes of adoption
Below is a letter Ethica submitted in follow up to the Center for Adoption Policy and the New York Law School’s recent discussion of Ethica’s legislative proposal to combat trafficking for the purposes of adoption. Ethica continues to encourage organizations to assist us in working to combat trafficking in adoption, especially utilizing legislative approaches that [...]
Welcoming our newest board member
Dear friends, Ethica is thrilled to announce that our board is adding a new member. Farnad J. Darnell is an active member of the adoption community as a researcher, educator, and staunch advocate for justice in adoption. As an adoptee, he has recently become more involved in the adoption community through regular contributions to the [...]
Volunteer for Ethica or Donate to Support our Cause!
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 [...]
Come join Ethica!
Ethica Needs You! Ethica is an exciting adoption policy and support organization based in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. We inform the public on ethical issues associated with adoption including full and informed consent, lobby against trafficking of children for the purposes of adoption, and advocate for greater protections for all members of the adoption [...]
Letter from the President: Not a time to rejoice
Dear friends, A few days ago, in an unprecedented ruling, a judge in Guatemala ordered an adoption rescinded and a child returned from her American adoptive family to her biological family in Guatemala because her adoption was found to be fraudulent. Although the nuances of the case are still unfolding, author Erin Siegal’s blog, Finding [...]
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