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Deconstructing Bartholet on International Adoption
“Red Thread or Slender Reed: Deconstructing Professor Bartholet’s
Mythology of International Adoption” by Johanna Oreskovic, J.D. and Trish
Maskew, J.D.
“Like Bartholet, we are international adoptive parents, and like
Bartholet, we place ourselves in the camp of those generally supportive
of international adoption. Where we part company with her is in our
characterization of the bigger picture. Bartholet’s position seems
appealing because it relegates to the periphery of the analysis
disturbing and problematic questions that should be at its core,
specifically troubling practices like child-buying, coercion of
vulnerable birth parents, weak regulatory structures, and profiteering.
Our analysis breaks little new theoretical ground, and we do not
propose programmatic solutions. Rather we identify and explore
complexities that Bartholet for the most part ignores, but which are
central to the viability and integrity of any international adoption
process.”
The entire article can be downloaded here as a PDF.
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