This guest post was written by Bahjo Mahamud. Rachel Zoll wrote the article Muslim Orphans Caught Between Islamic, Western Law, for the Associated Press. It was published in November of 2010. The article covers adoption from the Islamic perspective and the guidelines and procedures that are associated with adopting Muslim children in the Western world. [...]
This blog post was written by Kelly Pieper. The Family Reunification Act (HF704/SF422) is a bill currently being debated by Minnesota lawmakers that would give parents who had previously lost custodial rights a chance to be reunited with children. A recent news article written in late February by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reporter Sasha Aslanian, [...]
This guest post was written by Molly Lewis. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) posted an article to their website titled "How the Adoption Incentives Program Can Incentivize Adoptions." This article discusses a federal program called the Adoption Incentives Program, which began in 1997 under the Adoption and Safe Families Act. The author of [...]
This guest blog post was written by Nina Pena. This article voices and shares the strong desire to adopt a child and obtain a family. It gives details of the website, craigslist.org, and how it is allowing the solicitation of children. This is especially for parents who are trying to adopt. It explains that craigslist [...]
This guest blog post was written by Tenzin Dolkar. Gross , J. (2007). Gifts from ukraine. [ News Documentary]. The New York Times. The process of International adoption is long, emotional, complicated, and an arduous journey for most families who decides to adopt through this route. However, when the adoption is finalized and the parents [...]
This guest blog post was written by Vincent Loera. Steve Gutterman (March 2, 2013) of Reuters wrote an article depicting a Russian rally in support of the U.S. ban on adopting Russian children. The rally was also a call for Kris Shatto a Russian adoptee to be returned to Russia after his brother, Max, had [...]
This guest blog was written by Erin Bachaus. Black, L. (2013). Evanston couple must give up Korean baby. Chicago Tribune. [Photo by Abel Uribe/ Chicago Tribune] An Illinois couple who adopted a newborn daughter from South Korea are now being forced by the South Korean government to return the child to her native country due [...]
This guest blog post was written by Erin Lysne. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) The Wall Street Journal published an editorial on February 4th 2013 by Mary Anastasia O'Grady called Guatemala's Inhumane Adoption Law: A U.S.-backed policy bars thousands of children from being given homes in America. In the online version of the article there is also [...]