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Adopting a hard line on parents  By law, there is nothing to stop an Australian couple from adopting a child from overseas. In practice, adopting a child from overseas is pretty near impossible.

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	Adopting a hard line on parents  By law, there is nothing to stop an Australian couple from adopting a child from overseas. In practice, adopting a child from overseas is pretty near impossible.
	Fed-up couples giving up adoption dreams  Australian couples are increasingly giving up on dreams of adopting a child from overseas orphanages, thanks largely to a sluggish bureaucracy that results in waiting times of up to seven years.
	Scared parents want to return adopted child  Tony and Melissa Wescott told the Tulsa World they love their 11-year-old son, whose name has not been disclosed, but it was beyond their ability to help him.The boy has been diagnosed with several severe mental health issues.
	Overseas adoptions halted  The Ethiopian program has been suspended amid fears a request for payments to help needy children left behind breaks international laws on child trafficking.
	Anguish for one couple, joy for another.  "There are no other options. We are too old or not religious enough to adopt from any other countries."
	Not just black and white in caring for kids at risk.  A teenage Aboriginal girl turned up at the door of a white woman's home in an Outback Australian town earlier this year, holding her just-born baby girl. She was asking for help.

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 Australia

	Adopting a hard line on parents  By law, there is nothing to stop an Australian couple from adopting a child from overseas. In practice, adopting a child from overseas is pretty near impossible.
	The car maker Volvo says new NSW child seat laws are inadequate, and claims they could cost lives or increase serious injuries to children involved in a car crash.  She said only five children in rear-facing child seats had died in crashes in Sweden since the 1960s. A recent RTA press release said 80 Australian children die in cars every year.
	New South Wales Community Services Minister Linda Burney says the government will not change the law to allow same-sex couples to adopt children, because of a lack of community support.  The Upper House's Law and Justice Committee has just finished an inquiry into the issue. Ms Burney says that it found there was merit in allowing same sex couples to adopt.
	The NSW government's failure to support adoption by same-sex couples is discriminatory and not in the best interests of the children, the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby says.  "Babies need the best parents we can provide, including role models for both sexes - male and female. Despite the nonsense you sometimes hear, men and women are different."
	Gay adoption ban to stay  The NSW State Government has decided not to allow same-sex couples to adopt, ignoring a parliamentary inquiry that said changing the law would ''ensure the best interests of children''.
	More parents adopt a positive strategy  An unprecedented number of foster parents are wanting to adopt their foster children since the State Government allowed carers to continue receiving hundreds of dollars in welfare payments upon adoption.
	Adoption search finds Yvonne’s brother, sisters  When Yvonne Wenham’s son was diagnosed with heart disease, she knew she had to find her biological mother.
	Children were taken from families, around Australia and even from Britain, and placed in state and church-run orphanages.  What happened from that point for way too many of them is unforgivable. Their trust was abused along with their bodies and minds. These institutions masquerading as carers turned into prisons.
	Evelyn Robinson raises awareness of adoption  She felt she had very little choice when she fell pregnant as a 19-year-old university student in Edinburgh in 1969.
	Anguish for one couple, joy for another.  "There are no other options. We are too old or not religious enough to adopt from any other countries."
	No age limit on seeking birth parents  Laws giving adopted children and their birth parents greater access to information about each other are among a raft of measures coming into effect in NSW
	Not just black and white in caring for kids at risk.  A teenage Aboriginal girl turned up at the door of a white woman's home in an Outback Australian town earlier this year, holding her just-born baby girl. She was asking for help.
	Labor has betrayed the Chifley dream  "... without batting an eyelid they turned their backs on me and gave me up for adoption."
	Infertility: a male problem too  You fall in love, you get married, you have kids or so the story goes. Sadly, the statistics prove otherwise: one in eight couples in Australia will have difficulty conceiving, and be classified infertile.
	Adoption contact barrier finally lifted  New legislation amending Queensland’s 1960s Adoption of Children Act will smooth communication between birth-parents and their natural children, something which Thornlands adoption councillor Linda Bryant has been pushing for.
	Fed-up couples giving up adoption dreams  Australian couples are increasingly giving up on dreams of adopting a child from overseas orphanages, thanks largely to a sluggish bureaucracy that results in waiting times of up to seven years.
	Couple's dream of family in limbo  Bronwyn and Scott McNamara have a simple dream of one day hoisting their adopted children on to their laps and reading to them The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
	Swift help critical for kids  We clearly have a problem when there are 42,000 reports each year to the DHS in Victoria. On average, this is 115 times each day when someone feels a child has been, or is, at risk of serious harm
	Forgotten Australians urged to share stories  A Mount Isa woman says she hopes Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the 500,000 Forgotten Australians will encourage others to tell their stories of what happened between 1930 to 1970.
	Triumphant tale of love  At the age of 19 Ms Cartagena, from Auchenflower, was forced to give her son up for adoption after a brief affair with a "handsome and charming" Toronto businessman abroad.
	For sale: my unborn baby  Police are tracing the person who posted an ad on Craigslist offering an unborn child for adoption.
	Mum, where are you? Sophia waits for call  The NSW State Government is making a desperate plea to the parents of baby Sophia, as she is known, to claim her before she is put up for adoption.
	Call to speed up adoption  Deborra-Lee Furness is pushing for Australia to let private adoption agencies help speed the process in this country.
	Pity third world orphans, but they're not a commodity  Maggie Millar has been a stalwart of Australian theatre and been praised as warm, lusty and downright brilliant. One reason for the brilliance was that she had plenty of practice, even as a little girl. Miller is adopted and never got the hang of famiily.
	Lesbian mothers get retrospective recognition  Tasmania's Legislative Council has voted unanimously to make the legal recognition of lesbian co-mothers retrospective to 2003.
	Philippines anti-trafficking project launched  The Australian and Philippine governments have launched an anti-trafficking project in Manila.
	Families celebrate joy adoption brings  Some families travel a long road before they find each other and for adoptive families that journey can be particularly arduous.
	Foster parents set to win adoption rights  Proposed reforms to Queensland's adoption laws will offer some children in long-term foster care the opportunity to be part of a family of their own, says the state's minister for child safety.
	Final appeal for abandoned baby's mother  The Department of Community Services is giving the parents of a baby found abandoned in the New South Wales central west one last opportunity to come forward before she is adopted.
	Bid to help the other stolen generation  "From the age of five I was forced to work in charcoal pits and was subjected to physical and emotional abuse. The scars will never heal."
	Brick wall in adoption case  A family desperate to meet Child Safety Minister Phil Reeves to discuss their complex adoption case has been ignored for five months.
	Changes proposed to ACT adoption laws  The changes will make the process of adopting easier to understand, and will encourage future contact with the child's birth family.
	Tasmanian IVF debate delayed  Debate on Tasmanian IVF laws has been delayed until October. The Relationships Bill proposes reform to the state’s Adoption Act and Status of Children Act, to recognise non-biological lesbian parents as legal parents.
	When mum is nana  When kindergarten kids have more common sense than parliamentarians.
	Adoption laws overhauled  Changes to adoption laws will give more than 2,700 Queenslanders access to information about their family.
	Australian gov't beefs up adoption monitoring  The Australian Government is fending off criticism from the Opposition over how it is dealing with allegations that stolen children from India have been adopted by Australian parents.
	Call to fight trafficking of unborn  Australia's chief federal magistrate has called on the Federal Government to do more to stamp out the international trafficking of unborn children.
	Gay adoption makes UK headlines  "Barnardos’ position is that we believe children have the right to be adopted by both people who are adopting them and that that relationship be legally recognised."
	Baby advertised on internet for adoption: investigation launched  A South Coast father has apparently offered his one-year-old daughter up for adoption on a classifieds website.
	Australia investigates Indian children adoptions  The Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland is investigating 12 suspected cases of child trafficking regarding the adoption of Indian children to Australia.
	Children's charity supports same sex adoptions  A major children's welfare service in New South Wales says it would support changes to the law to allow same sex couples to adopt children.
	Gay adoption hits international hitch  Of all of the countries that New South Wales, and Australia, currently have arrangements with, none of them agree to same-sex couples adopting.
	Christian group says gay couples use children as trophies  A Christian group has told a New South Wales Parliamentary inquiry gay people are using children for symbolic gains in pursuing their right to adopt.
	The ACT Government has revealed that a number of Canberra couples have been caught up in overseas adoption scams where the child has been stolen from its parents.  Office for Children, Youth and Family Support executive director Megan Mitchell has told an Assembly Committee the abuses largely happened in the late 1990s but they only came to light recently.
	Family’s rare adoption  A Walla couple have drawn international attention after becoming one of only a few Australian families allowed to adopt four children at once from another country.
	Red tape orphaned in adoption overhaul  Couples planning to adopt children will face a smaller burden of red tape following the passage of new legislation through NSW Parliament.
	Baby bonus reforms have our children in mind  The baby bonus payment will be paid in 13 instalments of about $385 per fortnight, instead of the lump sum. The payments will be limited to families with incomes of $75,000 or less.
	Baby Bonus News  Families that adopt children aged between two and 16 will be eligible for the baby bonus.
	"Do parents feel the same affection for a child they have adopted as a birth child?"  Ask most adoptive parents whether they think their love for their children is any different than it would be if they had their own offspring and you can generally expect a resounding no.
	"Hey Mum, What's a Half-caste?"  Indigenous publishers give voice to previously unheard stories
	"Stolen babies" adoption racket  A Canberra family who adopted two children from India is still waiting for an investigation into their case more than a year after notifying Indian authorities.
	Along came Polly, and three lives were transformed  Polly, who was born with an intellectual disability, mild cerebral palsy and epilepsy, had spent most of her early years in foster care.
	Muddle over baby bonus eligibility  Thousands of eligible families could miss out on the $5000 baby bonus as a result of confusion over the new means test for the measure.
	NSW passes new IVF adoption laws  People undergoing IVF treatment in New South Wales will no longer be barred from applying to adopt a child, under new laws passed by State Parliament.
	Adele Horin: "It's time to sing out if you're gay, Catholic and angry"  "... in 2003 he authored a battle plan instructing Catholic politicians to oppose gay marriage and gay adoption ..."
	New Government agreement aims to reduce adoption barriers  A new agreement has been signed which the Federal Government says will make overseas adoptions easier.
	Overseas adoption obstacles reduced  Federal, state and territory governments have signed a new agreement to reduce barriers to overseas adoption.
	A family bond beyond blood  In 2003, the Forestville peak-performance coach flew to Ethiopia to meet Samrawit, a five-year-old girl who adoption agencies believed had been orphaned.
	Adoption applications double in NSW  he New South Wales Government says there has been a marked increase in the number of people applying to adopt since it changed the Adoption Act earlier this year.
	Adoption paid off but the wait was too long  Even after nine failed attempts of IVF within five long years, Kerry Wark would not give up on her desire to have children. To fulfil her dream, she chose to adopt.
	The Wood Report puts adoption back on agenda  One of the key recommendations in the Wood report into child welfare is for children who cannot be returned to the care of their parents be given some "long-term security". That is adoption by any other name.
	Adoptions from abroad take a dive  Victorian couples pinning their hopes of having children on international adoption are encountering tougher restrictions imposed by other countries, causing a big decline in the number of children adopted into the state.
	Push for probe of SA adoption rate  The Family First Party wants a review of adoption laws in South Australia.
	Adoption secrets to be revealed  NEARLY 3000 adopted Queenslanders could soon be told about their birth parents for the first time under proposed reforms to the state's adoption laws.
	Foster care now child's play under new laws  Foster carers seeking to adopt children should find the process faster and cheaper under a shake-up of the system announced yesterday by the Premier, Morris Iemma
	Families from afar  Overseas adoption had always been in the back of their mind but the couple began seriously considering the option after meeting children who had been adopted from other countries.
	Families in the making  It begins with a baby girl left in a box on some stairs outside a building. Attached is a note, revealing nothing more about her identify than her date of birth. She is given a name by the orphanage where she spends the first few months of her life, befor
	Legal action to make Chinese daughter one of us  A couple has launched legal action to obtain a NSW birth certificate for the daughter they adopted in China so she will not have to use Chinese documents, including a "certificate of abandonment", as identity papers in Australia.
	A long journey for love
	Adoption made easier for foster parents  The NSW government has announced an overhaul of its adoption laws in the hope of making it easier, quicker and less costly for prospective parents.
	No adoption rights for same-sex couples: Bligh  Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says same-sex couples will not be allowed to adopt children under proposed new laws.
	NSW government eases adoption laws  Families and foster carers will soon find it much easier to adopt children, with the State Government winding back tough restrictions and providing more incentives.
	NSW Government to ease adoption laws  The New South Wales Government is promising to make it easier and less costly for foster parents and step parents to adopt children in their care.
	Overhaul of NSW's adoption system  The Premier Morris Iemma today announced an overhaul of the state's adoption system, making it easier for foster carers to adopt children.
	Preparing for parenthood  Anita Packett doesn't know how she will react when she gets the call to collect her adopted child, mainly because she isn't prepared to let her heart go there . . . just yet.
	Adopt, but don't turn Ming into a Kylie  The NSW adoption act prohibits a court from approving a change in a child's given name if the child is more than one year old, or a non-citizen, "unless there are special reasons, related to the best interests of the child".
	Adele Horin: "Don't airbrush cruelties of adoption"  The stories told by mothers who gave their children up for adoption are unbearably painful. For decades no one wanted to listen to these "relinquishing" mothers who fell pregnant in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. They were often sent away from home ...
	Adoptions from India under scrutiny  The Victorian State Government is reviewing the adoptions of two children arranged through an Indian agency accused of stealing "pretty" children from slums and trafficking them internationally.
	Australia takes a stand on Indian adoption agencies  The Australian Government has frozen the possible adoption of children where there are doubts over the conduct of the Indian adoption agencies involved in the process. It follows claims of child trafficking where Indian children have been abducted
	Birth parents seek to see their 'stolen' daughter after seven years  The Indian birth parents of a nine-year-old girl allegedly stolen by child-traffickers before being adopted by an unwitting Queensland couple have now asked to see her.
	Federal Government accused of slow response in adoption scandal  Australians who may have adopted Indian children stolen from their birth parents have been left in the dark by the federal government, the coalition says.
	Jack Thompson to host adoption TV show  Veteran Australian actor Jack Thompson is set to host a television show that helps families reunite.
	Hearing to mull Islander adoption custom  An ancient Torres Strait Islander tradition of adopting children from extended family members will be heard at a Queensland parliamentary inquiry into altruistic surrogacy.
	It's a bitterly cold Melbourne afternoon when we pull up outside the grungy brick block of units in the city's inner west.  Born into a violent household, parents split when she was 4, from the age of 5 she was sexually abused several men, at 13 she escaped to the streets, was raped and fell pregnant, the baby girl was given up for adoption, alcohol and drugs numbed the pain.
	We are family  Adopting children should be a right, not a trauma, says film star Deborra-lee Furness.
	Lucy's book finds 'dysfunctional' humour  Australian comedian Judith Lucy found out she was adopted one drunken Christmas Day after a family argument. She was 25 years-old.
	Babes in arms  Article on Operation Babylift
	Radio National - Australia Talks - Intercountry adoptions (listen now or download for later)  Intercountry adoptions can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take up to eight years. Should they be so difficult? The Labor Rudd government has set up the National Peak Overseas Adoption Support Group to provide advice to the government on this issue.
	Adoption Benefits Find a Home in Corporate America  Will Australian companies follow suit and take good care of their most valuable resource, their employees?
	Adoption adviser knows the value of family love  A Canberra mother of eight whose brood includes six children adopted from overseas has been appointed by the Federal Government to a new National Peak Overseas Adoption Support Group.
	Mathinna by Bangarra Dance Theatre  Originally inspired by the Thomas Bock portrait of a young adopted Aboriginal girl, Bangarra's Mathinna tells the true story of her short, confusing and tragic life.
	Officials 'hindering overseas adoption'  Australia has a much lower adoption rate of overseas children than many other western nations because of the attitude of officials.
	Adoption obstacles tackled  Illawong couple Carolyn and Luigi Dolce are urging families waiting to adopt a child from countries such as Korea not to give up hope.
	Advisory group eases overseas adoptions  The establishment of a national group on intercountry adoptions is set to make adoption easier. The group, announced by the federal Labor Attorney-General, will advise the government on issues affecting parents and children involved in overseas adoption.
	How I found my birth mother in Haiti's streets  Any adopted child will know the secret pain of feeling abandoned, even if the facts indicate they are being irrational.
	Mounties helps Origins (Fairfield City Champion)  Origins, a support group is designed to help women who were being re-traumatised each time experts and health professional minimised and invalidated the severe emotional anguish, trauma, and grief left in the wake of their adoption experience.
	"Australia's poor adoption record"  A celebrity's perspective on Australian adoption
	Forced adoption (pressure from medical staff and religious representatives was overwhelming)  June Smiyth said the national apology to the stolen generations was essential for indigenous reconciliation. But she said the event has brought back sorrow for the “thousands of white women” who had their babies taken away from them during the same ti
	Most adoptees born overseas: report (ABC)  The latest statistics on adoption show that 7 in every 10 adopted children are born overseas.
	"Bringing them Home" (Reconciliation and Social Justice Library)  Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families
	Deborra-lee Furness' adoption success (Daily Telegraph)  The Federal Government announced last week it would review the harrowing case of Zhen, who has been refused entry to Australia. The Australian Government has the opportunity to play a part in helping to change the direction of this little girl's life.
	Q: So what is the difference between white or black? - A: A Vast Difference  Answers on the Stolen Generations
	Australian adoption victory  The newly elected Rudd Labor Government announced last week it would create a federal governing body to streamline the system, cut waiting lists and make overseas adoption a "priority".
	Babies of the decade (Manly Daily)  BY the time Harbord couple Kylie and Paul Govers welcome a second child into their Harbord home they will have spent at least a decade sitting in inter-country adoption queues.
	Madonna's adoption hits a snag  US pop star Madonna's attempts to adopt a Malawian child hit a snag after the court-appointed official on the case was refused permission to travel to Britain.
	Adele Horin: "Adoption secret a betrayal"  Adopted children raised in secrecy about their origins tend to feel less close to their adoptive parents as adults, and are likely to see them as controlling and uncaring, new research shows.
	Biological mother 'kidnapped daughter'  Two women and an armed man stormed a home wearing masks and kidnapped an infant one of the women had given up for adoption.
	Birth mother stole back baby: FBI  Two women and an armed man stormed a home wearing masks and kidnapped an infant whom one of the women had given up for adoption, authorities have alleged.
	Flown away to a new life - Operation Babylift (Courier Mail)
	Adopting from China - 'We didn't want another baby. We wanted our baby.'
	Adoption heartache for hundreds
	States lose on adoption (The Age)
	All families deserve a fair system - by Natasha Stott Despoja
	Adele Horin: "Now it takes two to approve adoptions - including dad"
	Give families a say in overseas adoption reforms
	Babies without Borders, Insight Program - Transcript (SBS)
	Gay and lesbian adoption next target for US religious right  Conservative activists are pushing for adoption by gays and lesbians to be prohibited, having been buoyed by recent success in securing bans on same-sex marriages and restrictions on abortion rights.
	RU 486, Muslim Nation, "Adoption is not an option for Australian women." - Jackie Kelly MP - Member for Lindsay (The Age)
	Stop adoption bias, urge MPs
	Adoption: A light on the horizon
	Made in China
	Red tape binds orphans to China
	Calls for uniform adoption system
	Adele Horin: "Old prejudices deny modern womanhood"
	Don't airbrush cruelties of adoption
	Who's Your Daddy? Reality show outrage
	$40,000 bill to buy a baby from China
	Long, hard road to find our darling little boy
	Adele Horin: "Not just the unborn child deserves concern"  Are the moral crusades good or bad for prenant women and their children?
	Australian Couple Cannot Change Korean Adoptee's Name (Digital Chosunilbo)
	What's in a name? It's all a question of heritage
	Parents call for cut in adoption costs (ABC)
	Adoption: the long journey home (NineMSN)
	Bringing over baby by Anne Susskind (The Bulletin)
	High cost makes overseas adoption province of the rich  "Infertility doesn't only occur in wealthy families." - Cathi and David Pirani sold their house in the Blue Mountains and moved to Bathurst in order to have enough money to adopt a child from Colombia.
	NSW criticised over increasing adoption fees (ABC)
	NSW Govt defends adoption costs (ABC)
	Co-Sleeping and Dr Nick Carr Interview (ABC)
	The Seoul providers  South Korea is Australia's No. 1 source of babies for adoption. Why is the country sending so many of its infants overseas.
	Babies for sale: no warranty  In Cambodia, corruption and lax regulations mean it's easy to get a child quickly. The problem is, many of them aren't abandoned - they're sold.
	Virtual land of the baby broker business  Tough new restrictions could soon slow America's insatiable demand for overseas children.
	Adele Horin: "A lifelong journey"  The world of overseas adoption has changed dramatically. No longer is it about fulfilling parents' need for a baby - it's all about the child
	Baby Dearest by Anne Susskind (The Bulletin)

 Argentina

	A 27-year-old woman today became the 90th person to find out she was a victim of kidnapping during Argentina's notorious "dirty war" (1976-1983), a rights group said.  Laura Ruiz Dameri was matched by DNA testing to her biological parents, Silvia Dameri and Orlando Ruiz, who were murdered by the military dictatorship ruling Argentina at the time. Laura Ruiz Dameri was then forcibly adopted out.
	Argentine parents jailed over illegal adoption  An Argentine couple have been jailed for illegally adopting a baby girl born 30 years ago to parents who were kidnapped by the military government.

 Austria

	Civil Unions for Austria. Austria’s parliament has approved civil unions for same-sex couples.  Under the new law, same-sex couples will have some rights equal to heterosexual marriage, including taxation, mutual pension rights and alimony. However, adoption and artificial insemination remain illegal.
	Adoption agency, Family For You, in child kidnap probe  VIENNA'S prosecutor is investigating a local adoption agency amid allegations that it may have brought

 Azerbaijan

Rules of accrediting bodies of legal assistance to foreigners in child adoption ratified in Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has ratified "Rules of accrediting bodies of legal assistance to foreigners and stateless persons in the sphere of intergovernmental adoption.

 Bulgaria

Children Left by Parents for 6 Months to be Given for Adoption  Adoption without the parents' agreement will be admitted if the child is in social institution and the parent haven't looked for it for a term of 6 months without justified reason.

 Cambodia

	World adoption of Cambodian children down by 15% in 2007  International adoption of Cambodian children decreased by 15 percent in 2007 compared to 2006 due to more strict censor by the government, English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodian Daily said on Saturday.
	Babies for sale: no warranty  In Cambodia, corruption and lax regulations mean it's easy to get a child quickly. The problem is, many of them aren't abandoned - they're sold.

 Canada

	Families ask government to help with international adoptions  Families who were caught in the collapse of an Ontario adoption agency are hoping the government will help them untangle red tape so their international adoptions can proceed.
	Families in limbo from bankrupt adoption agency seek help  Would-be Canadian parents who paid thousands of dollars to adopt children from overseas, but had their dreams dashed when an Ontario adoption agency went bankrupt, are demanding the government help complete the adoption process.
	Halton couple shares adoption success story  The adoptive parents' days are now filled with the stuff of most attentive, loving parents: meals, laundry, chauffeuring, overseeing homework and chores amid feelings of worry, joy, frustration and laughter.
	Adoption's invisible realities  "It is such a wonderful thing, yet people who don't adopt don't really understand"
	The business of global adoption  "More and more countries are entering into the Hague Convention and I think that's a good thing," says Anne Skully, head of adoptions at Alberta Children and Youth Services.
	A stranger in her own skin  From babies shipped in boxes to Angelina Jolie's growing brood, the history of international adoption follows chaos and calamity around the world
	Parents thrilled over adoption of Ethiopian twins  It was a telephone call Clay and Cheryl Sparks had been expecting for 364 days, but they still wept for joy at learning they soon would be parents to two-year-old twin girls from Ethiopia.
	Adoption and Fostering of Children Residing in Quebec  A Guide for Gays and Lesbians
	Open adoption fosters loving relationship
	Ontario To Open Adoption Records  A new Ontario law will soon give adult adoptees and birth parents access
	Open adoption controversy (Toronto, Canada)  The first time Melissa Johnson heard her 3-year-old yell, "Mom, Mom, Mom!" it wasn't for her.

 China

	Lid lifts on the anguish of China's stolen generation  The man from family planning regularly prowled around the mountaintop village, looking for nappies on clotheslines and listening for the cry of a hungry newborn.
	No one wants China's quake orphans  Chinese authorities say they have had little response after putting 88 children orphaned in the devastating May earthquake up for adoption.
	Families in the making  It begins with a baby girl left in a box on some stairs outside a building. Attached is a note, revealing nothing more about her identify than her date of birth. She is given a name by the orphanage where she spends the first few months of her life, befor
	Legal action to make Chinese daughter one of us  A couple has launched legal action to obtain a NSW birth certificate for the daughter they adopted in China so she will not have to use Chinese documents, including a "certificate of abandonment", as identity papers in Australia.
	China eases restrictions on illegally adopted children  A new policy guideline eases the law on most illegally adopted children in China. The legal rights of these children are currently not guaranteed. People can now register their illegally adopted children without fear of punishment.
	Chinese civil affairs departments considering registration of adoption offers  Civil affairs officials in quake-hit Sichuan Province said they are considering making registrations for people who are willing to adopt earthquake orphans, but the adoption process may have to wait after normality resumes in quake zone.
	Earthquake parents panic over adoption fears  The parents of children caught up in the China earthquake are desperately trying to search for their surviving children amid offers from around the world to adopt orphaned children.
	China swamped with adoption offers  Chinese internet users have swamped online forums with offers to take in orphans of this week's devastating earthquake as the government drafts plans for adoptions.
	No welcome mat for the baby found on a doorstep  All Diana Liu wanted was to adopt the little girl abandoned on a doorstep in China and give her a better life in Australia.
	This is a story about love and compassion as well as a happy ending.  This is the story of an orphan from Nepal named Tara, for the Buddhist goddess of compassion, and nicknamed Jampa, meaning loving kindness in Tibet.
	Faces of the Abandoned  China's orphanages used to be seen as dumping grounds for unwanted children. No longer. An on-scene report from a volunteer caregiver.
	China shedding adoption stigma, may tighten rules (USA Today)
	Foreign adoptions from China fall (USA Today)
	Adopting from China - 'We didn't want another baby. We wanted our baby.'
	After custody battle, Chinese girl set to be united with birth parents (USA Today)  The custody battle has made news all over the world and drawn attention from family advocates, the Chinese community and groups concerned about adoption and immigrant rights.
	Made in China
	Red tape binds orphans to China
	Chinese Take-Aways: The American child adoption factory (Mirror.co.uk)
	$40,000 bill to buy a baby from China

 Congo, Republic of the

Congo-Brazzaville: Government Lifts Ban On Foreign Adoption of Children  The move to suspend adoption of children by foreigners followed the arrest on 25 October 2007 in neighbouring Chad of members of a French NGO who were subsequently charged with abducting 103 children destined for new families in Europe.

 Cyprus

Priority on adoption reform  "A child is not an object for sale, and the dangers hiding behind these so-called private child adoptions turn them into just that: objects."

 Egypt

US couples jailed over illegal Egyptian adoptions  An Egyptian court jailed two Christian Egyptian-American couples for two years in a high profile illegal adoption case in mainly Muslim Egypt.

 Ethiopia

	Anguish for one couple, joy for another.  "There are no other options. We are too old or not religious enough to adopt from any other countries."
	Overseas adoptions halted  The Ethiopian program has been suspended amid fears a request for payments to help needy children left behind breaks international laws on child trafficking.
	Couple's dream of family in limbo  Bronwyn and Scott McNamara have a simple dream of one day hoisting their adopted children on to their laps and reading to them The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
	A bureaucratic quibble threatens to unravel Australia's Ethiopian Adoption Program.  As many as 14 Tasmanian couples who had been in the running to adopt babies in need from the African country hope for a change of heart by the Federal Government.
	Ethiopian-Australian Intercountry Adoption suspended yet again by the Australian Government.  The Australian-African Children's Aid Support Association (AACASA) is extremely concerned about a decision by the Attorney-General to suspend the Ethiopian-Australian adoption program.
	A family bond beyond blood  In 2003, the Forestville peak-performance coach flew to Ethiopia to meet Samrawit, a five-year-old girl who adoption agencies believed had been orphaned.
	Adoption agency, Family For You, in child kidnap probe  VIENNA'S prosecutor is investigating a local adoption agency amid allegations that it may have brought

 Finland

	Finnish Centre party rejects adoption right for same-sex couples  Finland's Centre party passed a resolution rejecting the right to adopt for same-sex couples with one single vote making the difference.
	Adoption Rights for Gay Couples. Finland's Social Democrats want adoption rights instated for gay couples who have registered their partnerships.  "The Civil Union Law made same-gender partnerships legal in 2001, and now adoption rights are the natural continuation of this law"

 France

	French gays get no respect when it comes to adoption  It's still against the law in France for gay couples to adopt a child together
	Bruni: Adoption Purist Form Of Motherhood  "I'm not obsessed by blood ties", she told Le Figaro. "I think you can build a powerful bond without that."

 Guatemala

	US adoption agency sends volunteers to Guatemala  A US adoption agency took a team of volunteers to Guatemala in the midst of an adoption freeze that has North Texas parents awaiting the chance to unite with their adopted children.
	Waiting worth long adoption process  Ricardo and Holli Aparicio know first hand what it is to wait. It took nearly two years for the adoption of their first daughter from Guatemala to finalize
	International adoption reveals its dark side  It was a 'mirale' as Ana puts it, when she spotted Esther, who is now a toddler, at a state adoption office in Guatemala city. She petitioned for an identity test and the results brought her daughter back home.
	Guatemalan mother reunited with baby stolen and sold for adoption by US couple  Ana Escobar had clutched her only picture of her missing child when she tearfully described to The Sunday Telegraph last year how six-month-old Esther was stolen from her by a gunman in March 2007.
	Adopted Guatemala baby stolen  DNA tests in Guatemala have proven for the first time that a child put up for adoption through the state system was stolen from her mother, officials say.
	Reunion 'hard' on Guatemala baby  A Guatemalan woman whose daughter was taken from her and handed over for adoption has spoken of the challenges at being reunited with her child. Ana Escobar said spending more than a year apart had badly affected both mother and baby.
	Stolen Girl Tied to Adoption  Adoption officials said DNA tests showed that a Guatemalan baby stolen from her mother was being adopted by a US couple. The child’s mother said armed men locked her in a closet in March 2007 at the family’s store and took the 6-month old.
	Guatemalan baby Esther Sulamita was the first found  For 14 months, Ana Escobar studied the tiny fingers of every passing baby, searching for a girl with pinkies curving gracefully outward, just like her missing daughter's...
	DNA tests provide first confirmation of stolen baby in troubled Guatemalan adoption system  Adoption officials said that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children.
	Guatemala repeats the anguish of adoptions  The heart-wrenching process is part of a new Guatemalan government effort to ensure that mothers really wanted to give their babies up, and that children weren't bought or stolen to be adopted by US couples.
	Guatemalan bishops fear for-profit adoption approach  The Catholic bishops of Guatemala are concerned that adoption agencies may be motivated by a desire for profit rather than the welfare of children
	Guatemala's attorney general annul 15 pending adoptions to US couples for irregularities, fraud  The babies whose cases have been annulled will be put in foster homes until a judge locates their parents. If their parents aren't found, they will be put up for adoption again.
	Guatemala halts foreign adoptions  The authorities in Guatemala have suspended the adoption of some 2,300 children by foreigners for at least a month to check for irregularities.
	Families in limbo over adoptions from Guatemala (Minnesota Public Radio)  New efforts to prevent child trafficking in adoptions from Guatemala has stalled some US adoptions.
	To catch a baby broker (MSNBC)  Some children offered for international adoption are exploited, even kidnapped -- forcing families into a desperate battle to save them.
	Guatemala adoptions: a baby trade?  Guatemala is second only to China as the source of babies adopted by American families. It means one in every 100 Guatemalan children grows up a US citizen. That could all be about to change.
	U.S. government scrutinizes Guatemalan adoptions (USA Today)

 Haiti

How I found my birth mother in Haiti's streets  Any adopted child will know the secret pain of feeling abandoned, even if the facts indicate they are being irrational.

 Hong Kong

Abandoned Korean girl finds home in Hong Kong  A Korean girl called Jade who was adopted by a high-ranking Dutch diplomat in Korea in 2000 and then abandoned six years later in Hong Kong has found a new family.

 India

	US pair push to adopt boy as servant  An Indian court has rejected an American couple's bid to adopt a mentally challenged child on the grounds that they intended to use him as "domestic help", a report said.
	Stolen and Sold  What would you do if you discovered your adopted children were stolen and trafficked, and not willingly given up by their parents, as you'd believed?
	Courts clear 67 of 300 adoption cases  The action followed a TOI report on November 14 on how adoption cases were being held up for six months to a year in the Delhi district court
	Fewer children up for adoption in city  It will take you much longer than nine months to become a parent, if you plan to adopt. At least in Mumbai, the city with the highest number of adoptions in India.
	Adoption on hold over licence  The couple, who have been married for 12 years, had expected to make a home for the child in August, but ran into trouble when the local adoption organisation's licence lapsed.
	Adoptions from India under scrutiny  The Victorian State Government is reviewing the adoptions of two children arranged through an Indian agency accused of stealing "pretty" children from slums and trafficking them internationally.
	Australia takes a stand on Indian adoption agencies  The Australian Government has frozen the possible adoption of children where there are doubts over the conduct of the Indian adoption agencies involved in the process. It follows claims of child trafficking where Indian children have been abducted
	Birth parents seek to see their 'stolen' daughter after seven years  The Indian birth parents of a nine-year-old girl allegedly stolen by child-traffickers before being adopted by an unwitting Queensland couple have now asked to see her.
	Federal Government accused of slow response in adoption scandal  Australians who may have adopted Indian children stolen from their birth parents have been left in the dark by the federal government, the coalition says.
	Stolen Children  Fatima thinks it was her daughter Zabeen's beautiful smile that attracted the child stealer.
	Post adoption, dad has no right to kid's property  Once a child has been given away in adoption, the biological father can not deal with child's property, the Bombay High Court has held.
	No child's play - Many non-resident Indians (NRI) and people of Indian origin (PIO) who wish to adopt Indian children face a lot of hurdles.  The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (GWA), a 116 year old Indian law, plays spoiltsport for the 12 million orphaned children in India who need parents by not allowing Muslims, Christians, Jews and Parsis to become a child's adoptive parents.
	Madonna to 'adopt an Indian baby'  Madonna is reportedly set to adopt a child from India after abandoning her plans to bring home a baby from Africa because of all the "red tape".
	Are intercountry adoptions safe? (India Times)
	Mumbai's great adoption rush  How Mumbai turned the tide on adoptions, both domestic and intercountry
	India's archaic adoption law needs overhaul  Scores of non-Hindus, who are denied the right to adopt in India, face legal and legislative hurdles.

 Indonesia

	Adoption rates rise among Indonesia's poor  13-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead. His mum and dad were too poor to feed him and put him through school. "I just want to be with my parents, even if it means I cannot get an education."
	Korea: A unique case of adoption  A Korean family faced opposition from their own church when they decided to adopt an Indonesian girl abandoned by her biological parents.

 Iraq

	Local District Attorney Adopts Iraqi Boy After Tour of Duty  After being found on the streets in Iraq, Ala'a Eddeen, or Ala'a for short, spent the beginning of his childhood in an Iraq orphanage. That was until he met Major Scott Southworth from Mauston.
	Desperate Iraqis resort to selling their children for adoption  Children are always the ones most hurt in any war. The war in Iraq is no different.

 Ireland

	Adoption Bill enforces Hague Convention  The Adoption Bill 2009 gives force of law to the Hague Convention, the main international statute governing intercountry adoptions.
	Irish government adopts inter-country adoption standards  New legislation providing for uniform standards of child protection for all inter-country adoptions has been published by the Government.
	New legislation to streamline adoption process  The Adoption Bill 2009 gives affect to the Hague Convention, which puts in more rights and structures for people wishing to adopt children from abroad.
	Representative groups welcome new legislation  GROUPS REPRESENTING adopted people, adoptive parents and children broadly welcomed the Adoption Bill.
	Law may limit adoption countries  countries such as Russia and Ethiopia have yet to ratify the Hague Convention and do not have a bilateral agreement with Ireland. These will be closed off as eligible countries for inter-country adoptions once the convention comes into force.
	Couples in 3-year adoption wait  There is a wait of up to three years for an assessment from a social worker for couples wishing to adopt a child abroad.
	Giving up a child for adoption has a lifetime impact. A woman relieved to discover her son had turned out well after adoption.  "In the late 1970s I had a child who was adopted - at a time when 30 per cent of Irish children born outside marriage were adopted."
	Stories of adoption that need to be heard  "betrayed by a Church and a society that told her to forget her firstborn"
	Irish ban on unmarried adoption unlawful  Regulations governing the adoption of children in Northern Ireland which prevented the consideration of an unmarried couple as potential adoptive parents were in breach of the couple's rights to a family life
	Adoption heartbreak - Baby of Galway parents treated as "alien" by state  A Connemara couple based in the US say they will never come home if their adopted daughter doesn't get an Irish passport. Thirteen month old Grace Connolly will be regarded and treated as an alien if she doesn't secure an Irish passport.

 Israel

	Israel Makes Good on Gay Adoption  "Yossi was taken in by the couple in 1995, after being thrown out by his biological family for being gay."
	Adoption agencies charge more than permitted  After raising foreign baby adoption fees by almost 75 percent and later regretting it, adoption agencies, Knesset Law Committee Chairman Menahem Ben-Sasson has now found, are charging families more than permitted by law.
	Singing the post-adoption blues  "Post-adoption depression" is not an official, scientifically recognized phenomenon per se, but in the United States it has in recent years become relatively common among women who adopt children, experience distress and define their situation that way.
	Israel Recognizes Two Fathers in Landmark Homosexual Adoption Case  The Family Court of Tel-Aviv ruled that a homosexual couple, Giora Shavit and Avi Shadiv, can both declare themselves legal father of their adopted son.
	Israel OKs gay adoption  "There is no reason why same-sex couples who meet the criteria for adoption should not be able to join the process of adoption and of parenthood."
	Israel's high court recognises lesbian mothers  Israel's high court has ordered the Interior Ministry to recognise both members of a lesbian couple as the mothers of a baby.
	Religious party leader: Same-sex families undermine Judaism  Judaism does not recognize same-sex parents and therefore, the High Court decision to recognize their adoptions undermines the foundations of a Jewish state, National Religious Party Chairman Zevulun Orlev said.

 Jamaica

Can my new husband adopt my child since her father has abandoned her?  Dear Mrs Macaulay, My new husband wants to adopt my child and give her his last name. Her real father is living in the United States. He has not seen her for over three years and is her father by DNA only.

 Korea, South

	Abandoned Korean girl finds home in Hong Kong  A Korean girl called Jade who was adopted by a high-ranking Dutch diplomat in Korea in 2000 and then abandoned six years later in Hong Kong has found a new family.
	Adoption in Korea, Revisited  Korea celebrated its third Adoption Day on May 11, 2008. The date itself conveys a special message; May is considered family month in Korea, and the 11th was selected in the meaning of one family plus one adoptee making a new, loving home.
	Korean fury over girl returned seven years after adoption  A Dutch diplomat, Raymond Poeteray, living in Hong Kong is at the centre of an international controversy after he and his wife returned a girl they adopted seven years ago.
	Disabled Orphans Neglected in Adoption  The number of Koreans adoptions is rising, but adoptions of disabled children are low on their priorities. About 500 disabled children were adopted last year. Most of them to overseas couples as domestic parents shunned them.
	How I Came To Accept My Adoption  When celebrities like Madonna and Angelina Jolie adopted their children from other countries, interracial adoption became instant buzzwords around the world.
	'Mother of all Korean orphans' admits not every adoption perfect  A daughter of Harry and Bertha Holt, who founded South Korea's largest adoption agency in the aftermath of the Korean War, has been following her parents' path of encouraging adoptions of abandoned children.
	South Korean adoption agency were OK with the church going American parents who killed their four adoptive children.  A South Korean adoption agency said that it had seen no signs of any problem with the American couple who adopted the four Korean children found dead in March, calling the deaths of the entire family "unimaginable."
	A Day Without Adoption  Adoptee Solidarity Korea, an adoptee-led organization based in Seoul advocates for providing single mothers and underprivileged families with the opportunity to stay together.
	Adoption obstacles tackled  Illawong couple Carolyn and Luigi Dolce are urging families waiting to adopt a child from countries such as Korea not to give up hope.
	Korea: A unique case of adoption  A Korean family faced opposition from their own church when they decided to adopt an Indonesian girl abandoned by her biological parents.
	Dutch diplomatic parents return unwanted girl  A Senior Dutch European diplomat in Hong Kong, Raymond Poeteray, has promoted outrage by giving up the seven-year-old Korean girl he adopted with his wife as a baby.
	Reversible Adoption Sparks International Outcry  The case of an eight-year old Korean girl who was adopted and later dumped by a Dutch diplomat, Raymond Poeteray, has caused an international outcry.
	Why does South Korea keep exporting babies? (The Hankyoreh)  By Jenny Na, South Korean adoptee
	Editorial - Domestic adoption (Korea Herald)
	Government Working to Encourage Adoptions (Digital Chosunilbo)
	Adopted children discover their Korean roots (Seattle Times)
	Long, hard road to find our darling little boy
	Australian Couple Cannot Change Korean Adoptee's Name (Digital Chosunilbo)
	More Korean Families Adopt Children Openly (Digital Chosunilbo)
	The Seoul providers  South Korea is Australia's No. 1 source of babies for adoption. Why is the country sending so many of its infants overseas.

 Liberia

	Bishop Kofi Linked To Illegal Adoption  Deputy Health Minister for Social Welfare, Joseph Geebro has accused Dr. Edward Kofi, Bishop of the Africa Christian Fellowship International (ACFI) of illegally adopting over 40 children in Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties.
	Liberia's Government Concerned About High Foreign Adoption Rates (Voice of America)
	Liberia investigates child adoptions by U.S. agency  Liberia's government is investigating what it believes were irregularities in the way seven Liberian children were flown to the United States for adoption, a senior official said on Friday.
	Liberia: Uproot Criminal Child Adoption  The late President Tolbert described children as his 'precious jewels' and future leaders of the nation, to drive home the idea that today's children are tomorrow's adults with the challenging responsibility to shoulder the affairs of the country.

 Malawi

	Malawi: Weep Not, Child - Cultural Nationalism and the Madonna Adoption Case  Tee Ngugi shares with Pambazuka News why he believes the Malawi Supreme Court has made the right decision in allowing Madonna to proceed with her adoption of orphan Mercy Chifundo.
	Madonna's second Malawi adoption approved  Malawi's highest court on Friday granted Madonna the right to adopt a second child from the southern African nation.
	Malawi court rejects Madonna adoption bid  A Malawian court has rejected pop icon Madonna's request to adopt a three-year-old girl, on the grounds that it could open the door to human trafficking.
	Malawi government backs Madonna adoption  Malawi's government has recommended that its High Court approve American pop star Madonna's adoption of David Banda, the child she met in a Malawian orphanage a year and a half ago.
	Madonna adoption case set for conclusion  Pop diva Madonna's bid to adopt a Malawian toddler she found in an orphanage in 2006 is likely to be approved in court this week, her lawyer said.
	Adopt from Africa, urges Madonna
	"Madonna 'adopted illegally'"
	Malawi happy with Madonna
	Malawi father's plea to Madonna
	Madonna adoption ruling awaited in Malawi
	A poor boy for a material girl, but Madonna heads home alone
	Madonna - and African child

 Malaysia

Maternal grandaunt may give Jia Hui up for adoption  Jia Hui was living alone in a rubbish-filled apartment for almost two years in Penang after he was abandoned by his mother

 Malta

A married couple claim that adoption law is in breach of fundamental human rights  Catch 22 for newly married couple in Malta. Had they not married they could have started their adoption now. Instead they have to endure a five year wait because they did marry.

 Mexico

Adoption in the womb  Conservative legislators in Mexico's capital city propose law that would give mothers an alternative to abortion

 Nepal

	Nepal restarts international adoptions  Nepal has begun accepting applications from foreigners who want to adopt Nepalese children, 18 months after the practice was stopped because of widespread malpractice, officials said Friday.
	Lifting of Nepal child adoption ban  Nepal's Government says it will allow 58 foreign agencies to process requests by families wishing to adopt children from the Himalayan nation, ending months of uncertainty.
	Nepal passes new rules on international adoption.  After suspending international adoptions a year ago because of fears of widespread corruption, Nepal has passed new rules for foreigners wanting to adopt Nepalese children.

 Netherlands

	Judge puts 'internet baby' into temporary care  A Dutch judge has granted child protection authorities temporary guardianship of a four-month-old Belgian boy allegedly sold by his parents to a Dutch couple over the internet.
	Abandoned Korean girl finds home in Hong Kong  A Korean girl called Jade who was adopted by a high-ranking Dutch diplomat in Korea in 2000 and then abandoned six years later in Hong Kong has found a new family.
	Korean fury over girl returned seven years after adoption  A Dutch diplomat, Raymond Poeteray, living in Hong Kong is at the centre of an international controversy after he and his wife returned a girl they adopted seven years ago.
	Gay Couple in Netherlands Helps Raise 100 Children  Despite increasing public acceptance, gay couples often face opposition when trying to adopt, and debate continues.
	Dutch diplomatic parents return unwanted girl  A Senior Dutch European diplomat in Hong Kong, Raymond Poeteray, has promoted outrage by giving up the seven-year-old Korean girl he adopted with his wife as a baby.
	Reversible Adoption Sparks International Outcry  The case of an eight-year old Korean girl who was adopted and later dumped by a Dutch diplomat, Raymond Poeteray, has caused an international outcry.

 New Zealand

	Cross-party support for adoption in NZ  New Zealand may soon extend full adoption rights to same-sex couples, following the announcement that a Nationals MP will vote for a Green Party bill on the issue.
	Costs rise on Chinese adoption  Infertile couples desperate to adopt a Chinese baby face three-year waits and almost double the administration fee, pushing total costs up to about $30,000 a child.
	Greens "still committed to gay adoption bill"  Green MP Metiria Turei's private member's bill aiming to legalise adoption by same-sex couples has not been withdrawn, but is unlikely to he heard in Parliament before the General Election, says her Executive Assistant.
	Gay Adoption Bill is "off the ballot" in New Zealand  Prime Minister Helen Clark said the 'Adoption (Equity) Amendment Bill' had been removed, adding that adoption by gay couples was "a tough issue to tackle, which we must get to at some point".
	Adoption: Couple happy with their option to have children  For Wanaka couple Chris and Karenza Heath, adoption was their only option for children after they exhausted every avenue for conceiving a child.
	New Zealand lawyer suspended for illegal adoption  Facilitating an illegal adoption which led to a baby being taken to Australia has resulted in three year suspension for a New Zealand lawyer.

 Nigeria

"Child adoption should not be abused"  Nigeria's constitution and laws supports adoption of babies to give succour to married couples who could not give birth to children.

 Norway

	Majority may support gay adoption  Norway's Conservative Party is reportedly shifting its position on the issue of gay adoption. If the Conservatives agree to support the issue, it would mean a majority in parliament would favor allowing homosexuals to adopt children.
	Norwegian national assembly votes to allow same-sex marriage and adoption  The Norwegian national assembly voted to change the existing marriage and adoption laws. The vote resulted in a 84 to 41 majority in favour of the new law which allows homosexual couples to marry and adopt children.
	Recognition of same-sex unions and adoption in Norway  The Norwegian government proposed a marriage law that would give lesbian and gay couples the same rights as heterosexuals, including church weddings, adoption and assisted pregnancies.

 Pakistan

Boys preferred to girls for adoption (Pakistan)  To adopt couples ages must be between 29 and 40. The child was to be handed back to Edhi Foundation in case of separation. The couples' marriage time must be 10 to 15 years for adopting a child.

 Philippines

	Philippines anti-trafficking project launched  The Australian and Philippine governments have launched an anti-trafficking project in Manila.
	Philippines President Arroyo signs adoption bill into law  Under the new act, the time period before a child is considered abandoned has been shortened from six months to three months.
	Single parents eligible to adopt Filipino children  THE arduous road to adoption for single people may become slightly easier, with the Philippines becoming one of just three places that will now accept applications from single people in Victoria.

 Portugal

Paedophile adoption: change in law needed  A legal loop-hole that could enable a paedophile to adopt a child in Portugal is being addressed by law makers.

 Russian Federation

	U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty  The U.S. State Department is seeking a treaty on adoption with Russia, reacting to a threat from Moscow earlier this month not to permit children to be adopted into the United States in response to the death of a Russian infant in Virginia.
	Outraged Russians consider cutting off U.S. adoptions  Russian officials are considering stopping adoptions to the United States after a US father who left his Russian-born adopted son in a sweltering car to die was acquitted last month
	Adoptions examined after Russian boy dies  The grim case of a toddler in the Washington area who died of heatstroke in July after his father left him in a parked vehicle for nine hours is national news in Russia, fodder for angry political commentary.
	Russian Attitudes Colder Toward Foreign Adoptions  "In the past, the only way to save our children was through foreign adoption, but now the government is providing funds for families who might not otherwise be able to afford to take on a child."
	Russia bans 3 adoption agencies following baby's death in U.S.  Three international adoption agencies, including one that failed to inform Russia of the death of a baby in the U.S. this week, have been banned from operating in Russia, the country's adoption authorities said.
	Russian MPs promise easier adoption  If we really want to have Russian children taken from institutions to family care, all over Russia there must be a professional service created which works in this direction, which help. In practice there are millions of people who'd like to take a child.
	Russia halts work of foreign adoption agencies (MSNBC)
	Russia curtails American adoptions (USA Today)
	Couple finds 'miracle' in adoption abroad (USA Today)

 Samoa

	Four sentenced in Samoan adoption scam  Four Americans at the heart of an adoption scam that tricked Samoan families into giving up their children have escaped jail time in the United States.
	Samoans shocked by lenient adoption scam penalties  Samoans have expressed shock at the sentence given to four Americans, over an adoption agency that tricked Samoan families into giving up their children.

 Singapore

Singaporean adoption agency owner accused of baby-trafficking

 South Africa

	Black, white of adopting  Because I want to add to the rainbow nation of a family I already have, I will adopt a white baby girl. I do not see why not, considering there are so many white people adopting black babies, but I have yet to hear of a black family with a white baby.
	Transracial adoption must respect culture  As a single white parent of a black child, I can assure you that it is not easy for white families to adopt black children. To adopt a child of any colour, sex, nationality or age, a parent (or parents) must undergo strict screening.
	Adoption on hold over licence  The couple, who have been married for 12 years, had expected to make a home for the child in August, but ran into trouble when the local adoption organisation's licence lapsed.

 Spain

Spanish judge suspended over lesbian adoption bid  A Spanish court says a judge has been suspended for attempting to thwart a woman’s effort to adopt her lesbian partner’s child.

 Sweden

	The car maker Volvo says new NSW child seat laws are inadequate, and claims they could cost lives or increase serious injuries to children involved in a car crash.  She said only five children in rear-facing child seats had died in crashes in Sweden since the 1960s. A recent RTA press release said 80 Australian children die in cars every year.
	Sweden Offers Help In Adoption Dispute  Swedish Secretary of Health and Social Affairs Karin Johansson emphasised her Government's interest in the child adoption issue in Vietnam and offered help to the Southeast Asian country in ratifying the relevant Hague Convention in the near future.
	The Age Prevents Swedish Couple From Thai Adoption  A couple from Gothenburg in Sweden is denied to adopt a 5-year-old girl from Thailand. The reason is the couple's age of 52 and 58 years.

 Taiwan

	As hard times bite, a few Taiwanese giving up kids  The number of families offering children for adoption in Taiwan has inched up this year, a rise that welfare groups blame in part on the island's moribund economy.
	Taiwanese siblings split by adoption reunited after five decades  Two sisters were separated by adoption fifty years ago, but even this long amount of time could not keep them separated forever.

 Thailand

	Rich couple seek adoption of an abandonned baby girl  A shop owner found the baby girl in a cardboard box. Inside the box were a nursing bottle, milk formula and baby items.
	The Age Prevents Swedish Couple From Thai Adoption  A couple from Gothenburg in Sweden is denied to adopt a 5-year-old girl from Thailand. The reason is the couple's age of 52 and 58 years.

 Turkey

Incentives, laws encourage adoption of older children  Turkey has found that older children are much harder to find parents for and thus has to introduce incentives and relax adoption laws to encourage people to open their homes to them.

 United Arab Emirates

Childless families are going for adoption  Demands for adoption of children are on the rise as more and more childless families have been approaching the only orphanage in Bahrain, Children Welfare Home, to adopt children.

 United Kingdom

	Evelyn Robinson raises awareness of adoption  She felt she had very little choice when she fell pregnant as a 19-year-old university student in Edinburgh in 1969.
	Couple tell of adoption rewards  A couple who have adopted two sisters with a rare genetic disorder are urging more people to foster and adopt children with disabilities.
	Lesbian couples make better parents  "Research suggests that the quality of parenting in ‘biologically assisted’ families is consistently higher in comparison to more natural forms of conception, as these parents tend to be older and more committed to the parenting role."
	Adoption rules remain a scandal  It would be wrong to criticise this move on such sparse details.
	Social services remove young children from grandparents and arrange adoption by gay couple  "It's so important for children to fit in, and I feel our grandchildren will be marked out from the start when they draw pictures of their two dads."
	"Working should not be an adoption issue"  For too many children, a stable, loving home remains as elusive as, say, a university education or a well-paid job.
	Man is too fat to adopt  A married couple have been told they cannot adopt because one of them, with a BMI of 42, is too fat.
	Mother runs off with teenage son she gave up for adoption as a baby  The 38-year-old woman, from Fife, Scotland, was only recently reunited with the 18-year-old after having given up him and a daughter for adoption in 1992
	Adoption: Can a lone carer work?  To prevent cases such as Baby P’s, should single people and same-sex couples be encouraged to adopt?
	Tories to review adoption rules  The Conservatives are to look at easing inter-racial adoptions in England as part of plans to "remove race as a barrier to adoption".
	Tories vow to remove inter-racial taboo in adoption  Barriers that prevent white couples from adopting black children would be removed by David Cameron under reforms to stop ethnic minority children languishing in the care system.
	I'm glad I gave my baby for adoption  I was 17 when I found out I was pregnant. I'd known the father for years; as kids we'd sat next to each other in primary school, as teenagers we hung around in the same group.
	Many children in need of adoption  A PLEA has been issued for people in the Cotswolds and throughout Gloucestershire to consider adopting children.
	Social workers urged to be flexible on ethnic minority adoptions  The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) is concerned that too many ethnic minority children are left in care homes or with foster families while social workers try to find families to match their precise ethnic and religious background.
	Too posh to adopt?  A BBC producer and his wife recently claimed they had not been allowed to adopt a British child because they were too white and too middle-class. Are they, and others like them, really victims of a huge injustice or is it just imagined?
	A first hand account of being an adoption social worker  Lindsey Ford will never her first adoption case and the caring efforts of all concerned to give a little girl with a sad beginning a happier life.
	Intercountry adoption: the changing patterns by Kevin Browne, professor in forensic and child psychology at Liverpool University  Well-intentioned would-be adopters believe that taking a child from his or her country and giving them a "better" life abroad reduces the number of children in institutionalised care. Is this true?
	Adoption service up to scratch, says watchdog  Adopted children and parents are being "well matched" with each other in Bedfordshire, an independent watchdog has ruled.
	Rise In Institutionalized Children Linked To 'Madonna-style' Adoption  Psychologists at the University of Liverpool say that 'Madonna-style' inter-country adoptions are causing a rise in the number of children in orphanages.
	Adopted children: sometimes you can't mend them (UK)  A third of adoptions don't work out. A parent reveals the trauma of attempting to raise a disturbed child and failing.
	When it comes to adoption, the rights of the child are foremost  Social workers base their assessments purely on safe and effective parenting, says Mark Lloyd-Selby
	How social services are paid bonuses to snatch babies for adoption (Daily Mail - UK)  Greed and inhumanity behind UK forced adoption scandal
	Chinese Take-Aways: The American child adoption factory (Mirror.co.uk)

 Uruguay

Uruguay allows gay adoptions  Uruguay has become the first Latin American country to allow openly gay couples to adopt children.

 USA

	Scared parents want to return adopted child  Tony and Melissa Wescott told the Tulsa World they love their 11-year-old son, whose name has not been disclosed, but it was beyond their ability to help him.The boy has been diagnosed with several severe mental health issues.
	He got a new job - and ended working with the brother he didn't know he had  Seven years into his tenure as a furniture mover for a US bedding retailer, Gary Nisbet was joined by a new colleague, Randy Joubert, who looked so much like him that customers asked whether they were brothers.
	Maine's highest court upholds IBM heir's adoption of lover  Maine's highest court gave a legal victory Thursday to a woman who stands to stake a claim to a share of one of America's premier business fortunes thanks to her adoption by her lesbian partner.
	"Who Am I?" The Choice to Find Biological Parents  Unanswered Questions and Apprehension Follow Adoptees Into Adulthood
	Where Did I Come From?  One Adopted Woman's Journey to Find Her Biological Mother
	US pair push to adopt boy as servant  An Indian court has rejected an American couple's bid to adopt a mentally challenged child on the grounds that they intended to use him as "domestic help", a report said.
	Interracial Roommates Can Reduce Prejudice  As a freshman at Ohio State University, and the only black student on his floor, Sam Boakye was determined to get good grades, in part to make sure his white roommate had no basis for negative racial views.
	Adoptions an unmitigated good for Florida  Adoption remains one of the most loving, constructive acts in our society. Individuals and families stepping up to provide a secure family life for children desperately in need of it is an unmitigated act of generosity with many positive ramifications.
	An Anti-Adoption Policy In Washington DC's Budget  The District frequently reduces the annual subsidy that foster parents receive if they decide to adopt their foster children.
	Washington D.C. Adoptions Drop Sharply, Causing Dismay  The number of D.C. foster children being adopted is falling sharply, frustrating child welfare advocates who say the Child and Family Services Agency is not doing enough to find permanent homes for children who are unlikely to be returned to their parents
	Supreme Court Scheduled to Hear Same-Sex Couple Adoption Case  The Family Policy Council of West Virginia filed an amicus curiae Jan. 20 that argues abused and neglected children should be placed "on a par with natural children".
	Child-adoption rate in Virginia lags behind most other states  Today, more than 1,800 Virginia children wait for a permanent family. For foster children who turn 18 without that family, the statistics paint a grim picture.
	Church acknowledges Dumoulin fatherhood, but takes issue with other details  She says she fought priests' attempts to get her to abort or give the child up for adoption, and ultimately, she gave birth to a boy and raised him alone.
	Lesbians fight Virginia adoption laws  A 14-month-old girl was temporarily placed in foster care with two lesbians after her mother's parental rights were terminated because of substance abuse problems.
	Raising Katie  What adopting a white girl taught a black family about race in the Obama era.
	More older adults adopt older kids  In a field where babies are most coveted, caseworkers are thrilled with the interest in the older children, who at the tender age of 6 get labeled "hard to adopt" because of their age.
	Children swapped for pet bird, cash  A US American woman is accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and $US175 ($269) in cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child.
	International adoptions by Americans get really tough  Katie Houser tried to adopt a child from Honduras four years ago, but gave up when that country's government stopped releasing children.
	Missouri's adoption laws are outdated  Adult adoptees are denied basic access to their original birth certificate because of outmoded laws that have been in place for years.
	Nebraska adoption battle resolved  The baby has been bounced between the two families after his birth mother gave him up for adoption in 2007.
	Nebraskan couple gives up fight to keep adopted son  A couple who tried to adopt a boy without telling the biological mother about their own pregnancy, prompting a legal battle, have given up the child, even though the state Supreme Court had ruled in their favor.
	Bill Aims To Block Excessive Adoption Fees  '...wants to stop the "silent auctions" where attorneys have multiple families "bidding" for one child'
	Bill aims to solve adoption problems  District Attorney David Prater said he has seen fraud, extortion, and the buying and selling of children in Oklahoma County.
	Danbury teacher's adoption case  Given 12 weeks off without pay, not banked sick leave, from her employer to care for new child
	U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty  The U.S. State Department is seeking a treaty on adoption with Russia, reacting to a threat from Moscow earlier this month not to permit children to be adopted into the United States in response to the death of a Russian infant in Virginia.
	Parents say adoption process is a roller coaster of emotions  Emma Hai-Lin Wanstall, adopted from China nearly four years ago, may not share the rest of her family's "blond" hair and blue eyes, but otherwise is just another part of the clan.
	Adoption 'always part of my life'  I was supposed to be adopted by relatives right after I was born, but I was premature, with many health problems. My mother, single at the time, refused to part with me. Later, when she married my father, he did adopt me so I could legally take his name.
	More Teens Choosing to Forgo Adoption  Texas has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation, and more of those teen mums are opting to keep their baby. "...there is not the teen pregnancy stigma there once was..."
	Outraged Russians consider cutting off U.S. adoptions  Russian officials are considering stopping adoptions to the United States after a US father who left his Russian-born adopted son in a sweltering car to die was acquitted last month
	Louisiana to appeal putting two fathers' names on adoption birth certificate  The state of Louisiana will appeal a federal judge's order to put the names of two adoptive fathers on the birth certificate of their Shreveport-born son.
	New Hampshire couple perplexed by Vatican views on embryo adoption  As committed Catholics, the Smiths respect Vatican pronouncements, but recent statements about frozen embryo adoption from church officials have bewildered the parents of three children who came into the world through this process.
	Adoptions examined after Russian boy dies  The grim case of a toddler in the Washington area who died of heatstroke in July after his father left him in a parked vehicle for nine hours is national news in Russia, fodder for angry political commentary.
	US parents want answers after China milk scare  China's worst product-safety scandal in years has hit home for thousands of adoptive parents, who are seeking answers about potential effects of melamine in tainted formula and other foods.
	ACLU of Arkansas sues over adoption restrictions  More than a dozen families sued Tuesday to challenge a new Arkansas law banning unmarried couples living together from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
	Adoption Records  Mainers who were adopted can have access to their original birth certificates.
	Advocates fear attack on gay adoption by Louisiana lawmaker  Louisiana government has since 2001 had a Commission on Marriage and Family, a sort of mom-and-apple-pie political concept that comes as no surprise in a socially conservative state.
	Arkansas: Opponents weigh suit over adoption ban  Opponents of an Arkansas law that bans unmarried couples from fostering or adopting children may be moving closer toward suing over the new restriction.
	Man arrested in Florida on warrant for adoption scam  Florida police arrest man who is wanted on 62 felony counts of theft related to an adoption scam.
	Adoption's new face  Agencies that once espoused secrecy now endorse contact between birth parents, adoptive parents and the child
	Men Are Twice More Likely to Adopt Children than Women  A study made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center on Health Statistics has shown that American men with ages between 18 and 44 have adopted twice the number of children than the women in the same age group.
	Harder to adopt from foreign countries  Tighter rules, other factors lead some to look in new countries
	US federal judge orders Louisiana registrar to recognise out of state adoption  An organisation that furthers gay rights through litigation has hailed a federal court decision on same-sex adoption as "a major victory for same-sex parents."
	Happy Adoption Day or not?  Friday was our son's third adoption day so we behaved as many adoptive families do, we celebrated. We have long believed that the day our family finally became a family was a day to celebrate, much like AJ's birthday is a day of celebration.
	Adoption makes family story complete  Four years ago, Juan Martinez and his three siblings found themselves without anyone able to care for them...
	Families Newly Made by Adoption  "Today I’m going to grant a judgment of adoption, and forever, ever more you’re going to be known as Isaiah Xavier Johnson"
	Mothers seek children given up for adoption  In 1966 at the age of 20, Tina Caudill of Hazel Park found herself pregnant and unmarried. While today she would be considered a single mother, back then she was a disgrace to her family and community.
	Guatemalan baby Esther Sulamita was the first found  For 14 months, Ana Escobar studied the tiny fingers of every passing baby, searching for a girl with pinkies curving gracefully outward, just like her missing daughter's...
	There were times when Brittney Bergeron Himel thought the day would never come.  With a biological mother fighting for her custody and a Family Court judge pushing for family reunification, it seemed like her wish for adoption would remain out of reach.
	Adoptive Mother Sentenced For Fraud Scheme  A Florida woman who pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme in connection with the adoption of 11 disabled children who authorities say she abused has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison.
	Adoption brings family together  More than 3300 Pennsylvania children want a second chance at a family. Removed from their parents, they are waiting to be chosen for adoption.
	Improving Foster Care Adoption  Tens of thousands of children linger in foster care for years waiting for the security that a stable home offers. This legislation brings their dream of feeling part of a permanent family just a little bit closer.
	The many faces of adoption  Missouri has a total of about 1,400 children waiting to be adopted. Only five percent of those children are 1 year old or younger; 25 percent are between 6 and 10 years of age; and 28 percent are between 11 and 15.
	Caseworker helps foster kids get home - forever  Adoption days are her favorite - the judges are in a good mood, everyone is happy, and children who have known nothing but a lifetime of instability will finally find a home.
	Man Loses Son in Adoption Without His Consent  Imagine looking forward to the birth of your first child, then having that baby given to another family for adoption without your consent.
	Adoption absurdities  Adoption agencies routinely estimate costs of more than US $20,000 for a domestic adoption of a black or mixed-race baby.
	Florida puts family face on adoption campaign  Florida recently kicked off a new phase of Governor Charlie Crist's Explore Adoption campaign, which focuses on the benefits of adoption.
	Family reunites 41 years after adoption  Mary Herzog gazes at her daughter like she is a newborn. The way she looked four decades ago when Mary gave her up for adoption.
	Gallery displays children who need adoption  Eleven-year-old Aundre H. is an aspiring lawyer who hopes to one day change the world, and help people who are less fortunate. But right now, Aundre is the one who needs help.
	Quietly done good deeds often get ignored, but an action that cleared Congress on Monday is likely to have far-reaching consequences for adoption and foster care of children in America.  The Senate passed by unanimous consent the first major reform of child welfare laws of the 21st Century, bipartisan legislation nurtured in the House by the usually partisan Republican Jim McDermott.
	With children being adopted from abroad at older ages, concerns for their health grow  A growing body of medical evidence shows that while many internationally adopted children are remarkably resilient, others may forever bear the consequences of early physical and emotional deprivation.
	The adoption option  After five years of trying to get pregnant to no avail, the Wehrmans turned their efforts to adoption, leading to a whirlwind neither of them could have ever imagined.
	Would-be Parents Frustrated by Washington DC's Adoption System  A federal court has given Washington DC two weeks to come up with a plan to fix its adoption system or risk it going back into receivership.
	"Annie" Helps Promote Adoption  Staff from the Department for Community Based Services, will attend Stephen Foster Productions' July 1 premiere of "Annie" to answer questions and provide information about the adoption process and Kentucky's need for foster and adoptive parents.
	"It's the greatest thing we ever did."  Family created in adoption reunites
	Emily's story, Life after adoption  At age 11, Emily was waiting in foster care, along with her brother Billy, 9, hoping to be adopted. She says she was rejected by her grandparents, moved from one foster home to another and truly believed that no one wanted her.
	US State of Florida Launches Initiative to Promote Benefits of Public Adoption, Unveils New Brand  Florida has launched a new campaign, "Explore Adoption," aimed at promoting the benefits of public adoption and urging families to consider creating or expanding their families by adopting a child who is older, disabled or part of a sibling group.
	When Love Is Not Enough: An Adoption Story  Tom and Kae Deardorff of Waukee decided to adopt two teenage sister from Russia. They say they wish they had know more about the girls' backgrounds and how to deal with their problems.
	Guatemala's attorney general annul 15 pending adoptions to US couples for irregularities, fraud  The babies whose cases have been annulled will be put in foster homes until a judge locates their parents. If their parents aren't found, they will be put up for adoption again.
	Adoption leads to a different kind of Mother's Day  When a home pregnancy test confirmed Teresa's suspicion that she was pregnant, she was devastated. She worried about what people would say, how they'd judge her.
	Decades after adoption, two sisters long for siblings left at orphanage  Adoption was like a "voodoo word" in Mary Lamb's family. She and her younger sister weren't allowed to ask questions about where they came from or why.
	Cross-Racial Adoption: You Need to Anticipate the Worst  God tells us to do good, but then he leaves the details to us even when we're planning something as monumental as a cross-racial adoption.
	Embryo Donation and Adoption Make Internet Debut  Awareness of embryo donation and adoption continues to spread nationwide as three educational videos hit Internet sites such as MySpace, YouTube and Facebook.
	When Parents Lie About Adoption - Psychologists Say Lying to Children About Adoption Could Be Traumatizing  For more than 17 years, Jodi Applegate believed she was adopted.
	Road to foreign adoption grows longer  It seemed like a simple transaction when Tamara Lackey brought her adopted son from Ethiopia to Chapel Hill four years ago
	Single Woman Becomes Mother Through Adoption  Anne adopted Marissa when she was 20-months-old. Marissa has struggled with the aftermath of her old life, but is thriving under the love and attention she gets with Anne.
	The Brilliant, Doomed Down Syndrome Adoption Registry  Most people want to see unwanted pregnancies and abortions decreased. Odd political bedmates have co-sponsored a bill to create a national registry of those willing to adopt children with severe genetics defects like Down syndrome.
	"Adoption bill puts birth parents at risk" - Legislation would give adoptees access to birth records  Should adoptees have access to their original birth records, allowing them to identify birth parents without their consent?
	Adoption Benefits Find a Home in Corporate America  Will Australian companies follow suit and take good care of their most valuable resource, their employees?
	Legislation would open up adoption records  People who were adopted would have access to their original birth certificates under a bill that's been introduced to the Minnesota Legislature.
	New Jersey considers unsealing adoption records  Robert Hafetz, who was adopted as an infant in New Jersey started searching four years ago and discovered his birth mother had died in 1977. In the process, the 57-year-old met two half-brothers, who have welcomed him into their family.
	'Madonna effect' sees poor families put children up for adoption hoping for a wealthy family  Celebrities such as Madonna who adopt children from poor countries are doing more harm than good, researchers have claimed.
	Adopting the culture, not just the child  Children fear few things more than being different than their peers. How do you facilitate that when your child looks distincinvely different to its parents and all its friends?
	An Adoption Nightmare  An American Couple Adopted Indian Sisters, Only to Learn They'd Been Stolen
	Report Says Black Children Not Served By Transracial Adoption  Child welfare groups want 'color consciousness', not 'color blindness' to shape U.S. adoption policies.
	The Diverse Problems of Adoption  Since 1994, the Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA), a bill meant to protect racial minorities from discrimination in the process of adoption, has taken a "colorblind" approach to trans-racial adoption.
	With Open Adoption, a New Kind of Family  In 2001, when she got pregnant, Moriah Dailer was 19, unmarried and a college dropout working as a waitress in USA. She considered abortion, but didn't have the money, and her parents wouldn't pay.
	$1.7m scam: Adoptees kept like prisoners (USA)  A woman accused of raking in more than $1 million in subsidies for adopting 11 disabled children while keeping them like prisoners in her Florida home has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges.
	"Australia's poor adoption record"  A celebrity's perspective on Australian adoption
	Boulder-based adoption agency/company investigated (USA)  Boulder police are investigating the business practices of a Boulder-based international adoption agency that closed its doors last week in the face of mounting complaints and lawsuits.
	Families Warn Of Orlando Adoption Agency  Concerns from families from across the USA wanting to adopt children has prompted a Problem Solvers investigation into an agency run by attorneys.
	Twins Separated By Adoption Reunite At Kansas City International Airport  A set of twins, separated when they were infants, met each other Wednesday morning for the first time in decades.
	Californian Woman Charged With Defrauding Hawaii Couple In Adoption  A California woman is being accused of offering her unborn baby to a Hawaii couple in order to steal their money.
	Woman sentenced for adoption scam (Indystar - USA)  A judge sentenced a woman to three years in prison for a child adoption scam he called one of the "cruelest crimes" he's seen in 20 years on the bench.
	Families in limbo over adoptions from Guatemala (Minnesota Public Radio)  New efforts to prevent child trafficking in adoptions from Guatemala has stalled some US adoptions.
	To catch a baby broker (MSNBC)  Some children offered for international adoption are exploited, even kidnapped -- forcing families into a desperate battle to save them.
	US Woman takes money for adoption but doesn't give up baby. (Pantagraph)  A Springfield woman who agreed to serve as a surrogate mother for a couple was charged with obstruction of justice Saturday after police said she took money and failed to turn over the baby.
	Anti-gay adoption bill filed in Tennessee (Clarksville Online)  Two Tennessee legislators, Rep. John Deberry (D-Memphis) and Senator Paul Stanley (R-Memphis) filed bills to prohibit unmarried, cohabitating individuals from adopting children.
	Liberia investigates child adoptions by U.S. agency  Liberia's government is investigating what it believes were irregularities in the way seven Liberian children were flown to the United States for adoption, a senior official said on Friday.
	Love without limits (Little Elm Journal)  Adoptions give family abundant chances to share big hearts
	Guatemala adoptions: a baby trade?  Guatemala is second only to China as the source of babies adopted by American families. It means one in every 100 Guatemalan children grows up a US citizen. That could all be about to change.
	Biological mother 'kidnapped daughter'  Two women and an armed man stormed a home wearing masks and kidnapped an infant one of the women had given up for adoption.
	Birth mother stole back baby: FBI  Two women and an armed man stormed a home wearing masks and kidnapped an infant whom one of the women had given up for adoption, authorities have alleged.
	War orphans find bond in adoption  Prospective parents are eager to share experiences with children from homeland.
	Adopted teens share and advise (Maine Today)
	Adopt us, foster teenagers urge in ad campaign (USA Today)  Jelani Freeman entered foster care at age 8 after his mom checked herself into a psychiatric hospital.
	Russia curtails American adoptions (USA Today)
	U.S. government scrutinizes Guatemalan adoptions (USA Today)
	After custody battle, Chinese girl set to be united with birth parents (USA Today)  The custody battle has made news all over the world and drawn attention from family advocates, the Chinese community and groups concerned about adoption and immigrant rights.
	Couple finds 'miracle' in adoption abroad (USA Today)
	Why Doesn't White Adopt Black? (Washington Post)
	Race, Adoption and the Father-Daughter Bond (The Poynter Institute)
	Gay and lesbian adoption next target for US religious right  Conservative activists are pushing for adoption by gays and lesbians to be prohibited, having been buoyed by recent success in securing bans on same-sex marriages and restrictions on abortion rights.
	Chinese Take-Aways: The American child adoption factory (Mirror.co.uk)
	Adopted children discover their Korean roots (Seattle Times)
	Adoptees and identity: Answering "Who Am I?" can be a long, complicated journey (Seattle Times)
	Who's Your Daddy? Reality show outrage
	Virtual land of the baby broker business  Tough new restrictions could soon slow America's insatiable demand for overseas children.

 Vatican

	Adopting embryos raises moral questions, Vatican officials say  After years of study and debate over the morality of adopting frozen embryos, the Vatican did not rule out the practice.
	New document allows Christian debate over embryo adoption to continue  After years of study and debate over the morality of adopting frozen embryos, the Vatican did not rule out the practice, but said it raises serious ethical concerns.

 Vietnam

	Six sentenced in Vietnam adoption scandal  Six people in Vietnam have been handed down prison sentences over a corruption scandal which allowed the adoption of hundreds of babies by foreigners.
	Cuts in foreign adoptions causing anxiety in USA  Jodi Markoff vividly recalls the day she met 5-year-old Phan in a rural Vietnamese orphanage last April. The girl looked terrified.
	After trip to Vietnam, Price is hopeful about adoption pact  U.S. Rep. David Price hopes the United States can soon complete an agreement with Vietnam on international adoptions after a breakdown between the two countries.
	Azerbaijan endorsed order of certification of adoption by foreigners and non-citizens of the country
	Legislative elite mulls Hague Adoption Convention  Senior law makers have supported the Government’s proposal for signing and ratifying the Hague Adoption Convention of May 29, 1993.
	Adoption gang members held  Police have arrested two more suspects for their alleged involvement in an illegal adoption ring
	Sweden Offers Help In Adoption Dispute  Swedish Secretary of Health and Social Affairs Karin Johansson emphasised her Government's interest in the child adoption issue in Vietnam and offered help to the Southeast Asian country in ratifying the relevant Hague Convention in the near future.
	Adoption agencies under investigation  Authorities in the northern province of Nam Dinh are investigating two local charity organizations for their alleged involvement in dubious adoption paperwork.
	Vietnam arrests two suspects in baby-selling scam  Police in Vietnam have arrested the heads of two health centres suspected of forging documents in a scam that put up infants for overseas adoptions.
	National Assembly talks on Hague rules on adoption  National Assembly Standing Committee members discussed Vietnam's legal issues in joining the Hague Convention on inter-country adoption
	Babes in arms  Article on Operation Babylift
	Vietnamese police arrest two over baby trafficking to China  Police in Vietnam have arrested two women for involvement in baby trafficking into China and rescued a 10-day-old boy, state media said.
	Report states that stolen Vietnamese babies sold for adoption in the West  Vietnamese babies are being bought or stolen from parents to be sold for adoption in the West, according to a US Embassy investigation.
	Alleged serious breaches in Vietnam's adoption system  Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish
	Aftermath of Adoption: Adjusting to the Culture (New American Media)  Nguoi Viet is looking at the history of Vietnamese adoptions, at the cost and the waiting time of the process, the experience of traveling to Vietnam to pick up a child, and then how the youngsters assimilate into American culture.
	War orphans find bond in adoption  Prospective parents are eager to share experiences with children from homeland.

Adoptees

	No age limit on seeking birth parents  Laws giving adopted children and their birth parents greater access to information about each other are among a raft of measures coming into effect in NSW
	Mom and daughter she put up for adoption reunite  The questions rattled around in her mind for nearly 46 years: "Is she safe? Is she loved?"
	Adoption 'always part of my life'  I was supposed to be adopted by relatives right after I was born, but I was premature, with many health problems. My mother, single at the time, refused to part with me. Later, when she married my father, he did adopt me so I could legally take his name.
	A stranger in her own skin  From babies shipped in boxes to Angelina Jolie's growing brood, the history of international adoption follows chaos and calamity around the world
	Ontario To Open Adoption Records  A new Ontario law will soon give adult adoptees and birth parents access
	Lucy's book finds 'dysfunctional' humour  Australian comedian Judith Lucy found out she was adopted one drunken Christmas Day after a family argument. She was 25 years-old.
	"Adoption bill puts birth parents at risk" - Legislation would give adoptees access to birth records  Should adoptees have access to their original birth records, allowing them to identify birth parents without their consent?
	After custody battle, Chinese girl set to be united with birth parents (USA Today)  The custody battle has made news all over the world and drawn attention from family advocates, the Chinese community and groups concerned about adoption and immigrant rights.

Colourblind Adoption

	Raising Katie  What adopting a white girl taught a black family about race in the Obama era.
	Tories to review adoption rules  The Conservatives are to look at easing inter-racial adoptions in England as part of plans to "remove race as a barrier to adoption".
	Tories vow to remove inter-racial taboo in adoption  Barriers that prevent white couples from adopting black children would be removed by David Cameron under reforms to stop ethnic minority children languishing in the care system.
	Race dilemma at the heart of our adoption crisis  The majority of children awaiting adoption in Britain are black, Asian or mixed-race while most available adopters are white. The issue of 'transracial' adoption is hugely controversial with experts divided on what is best for the children.
	Adoption matches 'too stringent'  Some councils are too stringent in getting an exact match for ethnic minority children who are up for adoption, charities claim.
	Adoption and the needs of the child  Adoption between "cultures". Does a baby whose parents are Christian really know that it is a Christian? Is it a Christian? Do we inherit culture? Should religion be considered when adopting? Should other cultures?
	FACTBOX: Adoption in the United States  Black children in foster care in the United States are less likely to be adopted into a family than children from other races and laws designed to rectify the imbalance are failing, according to a new report.
	Adoption Changes Urged  Several leading child-welfare groups have urged an overhaul of federal laws dealing with transracial adoption, arguing that black children in foster care are ill-served by a "colorblind' approach meant to encourage their adoption by white families.
	Adoption system seen failing kids from minorities  When Theresa Alden adopted two black boys from an agency in Philadelphia, she changed her lifestyle for them and they changed her outlook on race.
	Blacks in foster care system need stable homes  The need for stable homes continues to plague black children who are disproportionately represented in the foster care system.
	De-emphasis on Race in Adoption Is Criticized  Minority children in foster care are being ill-served by a federal law that plays down race and culture in adoptions, according to a report.
	Trans-racial adoption isn't helping Black children  A New York-based adoption think tank says trans-racial adoptions have done little to reduce the number of black children in foster care homes.

Adopting Older Children

More older adults adopt older kids  In a field where babies are most coveted, caseworkers are thrilled with the interest in the older children, who at the tender age of 6 get labeled "hard to adopt" because of their age.

Birth Parents

	No age limit on seeking birth parents  Laws giving adopted children and their birth parents greater access to information about each other are among a raft of measures coming into effect in NSW
	Mom and daughter she put up for adoption reunite  The questions rattled around in her mind for nearly 46 years: "Is she safe? Is she loved?"
	I'm glad I gave my baby for adoption  I was 17 when I found out I was pregnant. I'd known the father for years; as kids we'd sat next to each other in primary school, as teenagers we hung around in the same group.
	Man Loses Son in Adoption Without His Consent  Imagine looking forward to the birth of your first child, then having that baby given to another family for adoption without your consent.
	Stories of adoption that need to be heard  "betrayed by a Church and a society that told her to forget her firstborn"
	Birth parents seek to see their 'stolen' daughter after seven years  The Indian birth parents of a nine-year-old girl allegedly stolen by child-traffickers before being adopted by an unwitting Queensland couple have now asked to see her.
	Federal Government accused of slow response in adoption scandal  Australians who may have adopted Indian children stolen from their birth parents have been left in the dark by the federal government, the coalition says.
	Jack Thompson to host adoption TV show  Veteran Australian actor Jack Thompson is set to host a television show that helps families reunite.
	It's a bitterly cold Melbourne afternoon when we pull up outside the grungy brick block of units in the city's inner west.  Born into a violent household, parents split when she was 4, from the age of 5 she was sexually abused several men, at 13 she escaped to the streets, was raped and fell pregnant, the baby girl was given up for adoption, alcohol and drugs numbed the pain.
	Ontario To Open Adoption Records  A new Ontario law will soon give adult adoptees and birth parents access
	"Adoption bill puts birth parents at risk" - Legislation would give adoptees access to birth records  Should adoptees have access to their original birth records, allowing them to identify birth parents without their consent?
	Celebrating birth mothers  Until last week, I didn't know there was such a thing as Birth Mother's Day. But when I heard that this Saturday, the day before Mother's Day, there would be such a celebration, it struck me that the idea is an excellent one.
	Mounties helps Origins (Fairfield City Champion)  Origins, a support group is designed to help women who were being re-traumatised each time experts and health professional minimised and invalidated the severe emotional anguish, trauma, and grief left in the wake of their adoption experience.
	Forced adoption (pressure from medical staff and religious representatives was overwhelming)  June Smiyth said the national apology to the stolen generations was essential for indigenous reconciliation. But she said the event has brought back sorrow for the “thousands of white women” who had their babies taken away from them during the same ti
	I had no choice but to give away my baby  Catherine Murray was having the time of her life. 18 years old, intelligent and attractive, she was revelling in her new-found freedom at university after being brought up in a strict but loving middle-class Catholic home in an affluent London suburb.
	Adopting leads to painful lives for biological fathers  Many fathers whose babies are given up for adoption experience grief, regret and guilt for decades - and spend the rest of their lives searching for the child they never knew.
	After custody battle, Chinese girl set to be united with birth parents (USA Today)  The custody battle has made news all over the world and drawn attention from family advocates, the Chinese community and groups concerned about adoption and immigrant rights.

Open Adoption

	Adoption's new face  Agencies that once espoused secrecy now endorse contact between birth parents, adoptive parents and the child
	Open Adoption Arrangement Builds Unique Families  An arrangement called an open adoption, which means the birth parents share information and can even choose to visit the child and stay in touch as the baby grows.
	Open Adoption - Foster Care's Alternative  Since 2003 the number of children awaiting placement in the foster care system far outweighs the available homes. The situation is becoming dire in Louisiana, and is certainly becoming a concern for the country as a whole.

Parenting

	The car maker Volvo says new NSW child seat laws are inadequate, and claims they could cost lives or increase serious injuries to children involved in a car crash.  She said only five children in rear-facing child seats had died in crashes in Sweden since the 1960s. A recent RTA press release said 80 Australian children die in cars every year.
	Adoption may deepen parenting skills  Raising a child is often cited as one of the most challenging responsibilities an adult can assume. Adopting a child may raise the bar one notch further for your parenting skills.

Single Parent

	Single parents eligible to adopt Filipino children  THE arduous road to adoption for single people may become slightly easier, with the Philippines becoming one of just three places that will now accept applications from single people in Victoria.
	Single Woman Becomes Mother Through Adoption  Anne adopted Marissa when she was 20-months-old. Marissa has struggled with the aftermath of her old life, but is thriving under the love and attention she gets with Anne.

 Education Material for Teachers & Parents

Interracial Roommates Can Reduce Prejudice  As a freshman at Ohio State University, and the only black student on his floor, Sam Boakye was determined to get good grades, in part to make sure his white roommate had no basis for negative racial views.

Adoption Fraud

	US couples jailed over illegal Egyptian adoptions  An Egyptian court jailed two Christian Egyptian-American couples for two years in a high profile illegal adoption case in mainly Muslim Egypt.
	Lid lifts on the anguish of China's stolen generation  The man from family planning regularly prowled around the mountaintop village, looking for nappies on clotheslines and listening for the cry of a hungry newborn.

 Adoption Fraud - Guatemala

	Overstating Adoption Abuses  "As the mother of an adopted daughter from Guatemala, I cringe every time I read an article about illegal adoptions."
	Guatemalan baby Esther Sulamita was the first found  For 14 months, Ana Escobar studied the tiny fingers of every passing baby, searching for a girl with pinkies curving gracefully outward, just like her missing daughter's...
	A stranger in her own skin  From babies shipped in boxes to Angelina Jolie's growing brood, the history of international adoption follows chaos and calamity around the world
	DNA tests provide first confirmation of stolen baby in troubled Guatemalan adoption system  Adoption officials said that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children.

 Adoption Fraud - India

	Stolen and Sold  What would you do if you discovered your adopted children were stolen and trafficked, and not willingly given up by their parents, as you'd believed?
	"Stolen babies" adoption racket  A Canberra family who adopted two children from India is still waiting for an investigation into their case more than a year after notifying Indian authorities.
	In search of the stolen children  Charities are normally keen to get some publicity to raise their profile and help with fund-raising. But that's not the case for orphanages and adoption agencies in Chennai, India's fourth biggest city.
	Kids "kidnapped for Aussie adoption"  Poor Indian children are being kidnapped and adopted out to Australian families through state government agencies, authorities say.
	Family Reunion  Barry and Julia Rollings wouldn't have given the internet news item a second glance had it not been from Chennai. It was from here that the Australian couple had adopted their children, Akil and Sabila, eight years ago.

 Adoption Fraud - USA

	Man arrested in Florida on warrant for adoption scam  Florida police arrest man who is wanted on 62 felony counts of theft related to an adoption scam.
	Adoptive Mother Sentenced For Fraud Scheme  A Florida woman who pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme in connection with the adoption of 11 disabled children who authorities say she abused has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison.

 Adoption Fraud - Vietnam

	Six sentenced in Vietnam adoption scandal  Six people in Vietnam have been handed down prison sentences over a corruption scandal which allowed the adoption of hundreds of babies by foreigners.
	Sweden Offers Help In Adoption Dispute  Swedish Secretary of Health and Social Affairs Karin Johansson emphasised her Government's interest in the child adoption issue in Vietnam and offered help to the Southeast Asian country in ratifying the relevant Hague Convention in the near future.
	Adoption agencies under investigation  Authorities in the northern province of Nam Dinh are investigating two local charity organizations for their alleged involvement in dubious adoption paperwork.
	Vietnam arrests two suspects in baby-selling scam  Police in Vietnam have arrested the heads of two health centres suspected of forging documents in a scam that put up infants for overseas adoptions.

Child Trafficking

	Philippines anti-trafficking project launched  The Australian and Philippine governments have launched an anti-trafficking project in Manila.
	Call to fight trafficking of unborn  Australia's chief federal magistrate has called on the Federal Government to do more to stamp out the international trafficking of unborn children.
	Gay adoption makes UK headlines  "Barnardos’ position is that we believe children have the right to be adopted by both people who are adopting them and that that relationship be legally recognised."
	Baby advertised on internet for adoption: investigation launched  A South Coast father has apparently offered his one-year-old daughter up for adoption on a classifieds website.
	Baby-trafficking horror exposed  Child-trafficking gangs were moving pregnant women from country to country, then waiting for them to give birth before selling their babies, Australia's chief federal magistrate said.
	The Orphan Manufacturing Chain (Washington Post)  The vast majority of children who need adoption are older, sick, disabled or traumatized. But most Westerners waiting in line are looking for healthy infants or toddlers to take home.
	In search of the stolen children  Charities are normally keen to get some publicity to raise their profile and help with fund-raising. But that's not the case for orphanages and adoption agencies in Chennai, India's fourth biggest city.
	Family Reunion  Barry and Julia Rollings wouldn't have given the internet news item a second glance had it not been from Chennai. It was from here that the Australian couple had adopted their children, Akil and Sabila, eight years ago.
	Bishop Kofi Linked To Illegal Adoption  Deputy Health Minister for Social Welfare, Joseph Geebro has accused Dr. Edward Kofi, Bishop of the Africa Christian Fellowship International (ACFI) of illegally adopting over 40 children in Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties.
	Adoptions from India under scrutiny  The Victorian State Government is reviewing the adoptions of two children arranged through an Indian agency accused of stealing "pretty" children from slums and trafficking them internationally.
	Australia takes a stand on Indian adoption agencies  The Australian Government has frozen the possible adoption of children where there are doubts over the conduct of the Indian adoption agencies involved in the process. It follows claims of child trafficking where Indian children have been abducted
	Birth parents seek to see their 'stolen' daughter after seven years  The Indian birth parents of a nine-year-old girl allegedly stolen by child-traffickers before being adopted by an unwitting Queensland couple have now asked to see her.
	Federal Government accused of slow response in adoption scandal  Australians who may have adopted Indian children stolen from their birth parents have been left in the dark by the federal government, the coalition says.
	Stolen Children  Fatima thinks it was her daughter Zabeen's beautiful smile that attracted the child stealer.
	Guatemalan bishops fear for-profit adoption approach  The Catholic bishops of Guatemala are concerned that adoption agencies may be motivated by a desire for profit rather than the welfare of children
	Guatemala's attorney general annul 15 pending adoptions to US couples for irregularities, fraud  The babies whose cases have been annulled will be put in foster homes until a judge locates their parents. If their parents aren't found, they will be put up for adoption again.
	An Adoption Nightmare  An American Couple Adopted Indian Sisters, Only to Learn They'd Been Stolen
	Vietnamese police arrest two over baby trafficking to China  Police in Vietnam have arrested two women for involvement in baby trafficking into China and rescued a 10-day-old boy, state media said.
	Report states that stolen Vietnamese babies sold for adoption in the West  Vietnamese babies are being bought or stolen from parents to be sold for adoption in the West, according to a US Embassy investigation.
	Alleged serious breaches in Vietnam's adoption system  Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish
	Are intercountry adoptions safe? (India Times)
	Woman sentenced for adoption scam (Indystar - USA)  A judge sentenced a woman to three years in prison for a child adoption scam he called one of the "cruelest crimes" he's seen in 20 years on the bench.
	Families in limbo over adoptions from Guatemala (Minnesota Public Radio)  New efforts to prevent child trafficking in adoptions from Guatemala has stalled some US adoptions.
	To catch a baby broker (MSNBC)  Some children offered for international adoption are exploited, even kidnapped -- forcing families into a desperate battle to save them.
	US Woman takes money for adoption but doesn't give up baby. (Pantagraph)  A Springfield woman who agreed to serve as a surrogate mother for a couple was charged with obstruction of justice Saturday after police said she took money and failed to turn over the baby.
	Liberia investigates child adoptions by U.S. agency  Liberia's government is investigating what it believes were irregularities in the way seven Liberian children were flown to the United States for adoption, a senior official said on Friday.
	Adoption agency, Family For You, in child kidnap probe  VIENNA'S prosecutor is investigating a local adoption agency amid allegations that it may have brought
	Guatemala adoptions: a baby trade?  Guatemala is second only to China as the source of babies adopted by American families. It means one in every 100 Guatemalan children grows up a US citizen. That could all be about to change.
	Babies for sale: no warranty  In Cambodia, corruption and lax regulations mean it's easy to get a child quickly. The problem is, many of them aren't abandoned - they're sold.
	Virtual land of the baby broker business  Tough new restrictions could soon slow America's insatiable demand for overseas children.

 Stolen Generations

	"Hey Mum, What's a Half-caste?"  Indigenous publishers give voice to previously unheard stories
	Mathinna by Bangarra Dance Theatre  Originally inspired by the Thomas Bock portrait of a young adopted Aboriginal girl, Bangarra's Mathinna tells the true story of her short, confusing and tragic life.
	"Bringing them Home" (Reconciliation and Social Justice Library)  Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families
	Q: So what is the difference between white or black? - A: A Vast Difference  Answers on the Stolen Generations

Behavioural and Emotional

	Adopted Children = Psycho Killers?  A new horror movie is getting a deluge of negative publicity from adoptive parents and other members of the adoption world for portraying an older adopted child as a deranged would-be murderer of her adoptive parents and their biological children.
	Adopted Teens Face Higher Risk for ADHD and ODD  We have wondered for a long time whether children who were adopted in infancy are at increased risk for psychological problems. More than just "a negative teenager," a child with ODD, oppositional defiant disorder, is persistently hostile and disobedient.
	Disorders are more likely in adopted teenagers  Adolescents adopted as infants are twice as likely to have behavioral disorders as those who are not adopted, according to research published Monday that is the deepest analysis yet of the larger mental health burden carried by some adopted children.
	US Teens Adopted As Infants Appear To Have Moderately Increased Odds Of Mental Health Problems (Science News)  Although most adopted American teens are psychologically healthy, adoptees appear to be at greater risk for emotional and behavioral problems than non-adoptees, according to a new report.
	Adopted children: sometimes you can't mend them (UK)  A third of adoptions don't work out. A parent reveals the trauma of attempting to raise a disturbed child and failing.
	Dutch diplomatic parents return unwanted girl  A Senior Dutch European diplomat in Hong Kong, Raymond Poeteray, has promoted outrage by giving up the seven-year-old Korean girl he adopted with his wife as a baby.
	Reversible Adoption Sparks International Outcry  The case of an eight-year old Korean girl who was adopted and later dumped by a Dutch diplomat, Raymond Poeteray, has caused an international outcry.
	Co-Sleeping and Dr Nick Carr Interview (ABC)

Foster Care

	More parents adopt a positive strategy  An unprecedented number of foster parents are wanting to adopt their foster children since the State Government allowed carers to continue receiving hundreds of dollars in welfare payments upon adoption.
	Adoption begins with a home study  Most adoptions of Michigan's foster youth are by relatives or foster parents, but thousands remain without a home.
	Foster care now child's play under new laws  Foster carers seeking to adopt children should find the process faster and cheaper under a shake-up of the system announced yesterday by the Premier, Morris Iemma
	Adoption Changes Urged  Several leading child-welfare groups have urged an overhaul of federal laws dealing with transracial adoption, arguing that black children in foster care are ill-served by a "colorblind' approach meant to encourage their adoption by white families.
	Adoption made easier for foster parents  The NSW government has announced an overhaul of its adoption laws in the hope of making it easier, quicker and less costly for prospective parents.
	Blacks in foster care system need stable homes  The need for stable homes continues to plague black children who are disproportionately represented in the foster care system.
	De-emphasis on Race in Adoption Is Criticized  Minority children in foster care are being ill-served by a federal law that plays down race and culture in adoptions, according to a report.
	NSW government eases adoption laws  Families and foster carers will soon find it much easier to adopt children, with the State Government winding back tough restrictions and providing more incentives.
	NSW Government to ease adoption laws  The New South Wales Government is promising to make it easier and less costly for foster parents and step parents to adopt children in their care.
	Overhaul of NSW's adoption system  The Premier Morris Iemma today announced an overhaul of the state's adoption system, making it easier for foster carers to adopt children.
	Quietly done good deeds often get ignored, but an action that cleared Congress on Monday is likely to have far-reaching consequences for adoption and foster care of children in America.  The Senate passed by unanimous consent the first major reform of child welfare laws of the 21st Century, bipartisan legislation nurtured in the House by the usually partisan Republican Jim McDermott.
	Trans-racial adoption isn't helping Black children  A New York-based adoption think tank says trans-racial adoptions have done little to reduce the number of black children in foster care homes.
	Adoption and Fostering of Children Residing in Quebec  A Guide for Gays and Lesbians
	Open Adoption - Foster Care's Alternative  Since 2003 the number of children awaiting placement in the foster care system far outweighs the available homes. The situation is becoming dire in Louisiana, and is certainly becoming a concern for the country as a whole.
	US foster mom wins fight for 4-year-old  A 4-year-old boy with dwarfism at the center of a cross-country adoption battle can, and will, be adopted by his Davenport foster mother after the California family chosen for him decided not to take him.
	Adele Horin: "Adoption of foster children hits low."  Years after the State Government changed the laws to make adoption of foster children easier, the number of children being placed in permanent care has reached a record low.

 Health

	Adoption search finds Yvonne’s brother, sisters  When Yvonne Wenham’s son was diagnosed with heart disease, she knew she had to find her biological mother.
	Scared parents want to return adopted child  Tony and Melissa Wescott told the Tulsa World they love their 11-year-old son, whose name has not been disclosed, but it was beyond their ability to help him.The boy has been diagnosed with several severe mental health issues.