An independent voice for ethical adoption
February 15, 2006: Department of State releases the Final Regulations for the implementation of the Hague Adoption Convention in the United States.
Ethica’s Comments on Hague Regulations.
Ethica believes the proposed regulations are a big step in the right direction—but they don’t go far enough.
Ethica believes that every American citizen should have complete and unencumbered access to information about his or her identity, including access to his or her original birth certificate, medical records, and social history. Ethica believes that limits on such access are a violation of a person’s basic human rights, and that equality demands that adult [...]
Read our reasons for choosing the term “birth parent” instead of first/natural/biological
Many states have passed legislation that allows parents to anonymously abandon a baby in a safe place. Are such laws a good idea?