Russia

January 2013

Russia bans international adoption to U.S.

By |2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00January 4th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

To the distress and dismay of many Americans, it was announced at the end of December that Russian president Vladamir Putin signed a law banning international adoptions to the U.S. This act is being considered retaliation for the Magnitsky Act passed by U.S. Congress in response to Russia's human rights violations. [Graphic from the New [...]

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August 2012

When adoptive parents target adopted children for abuse

By |2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00August 8th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

Photo by Chris Wilson for the Journal Sentinel The abuse of children who have been adopted by their adoptive parents is particularly tragic, considering that adoption is supposed to be the safe haven for children who have already experienced the traumatic dissolution of their birth families. A recent case of the abuse of internationally adopted [...]

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