Adoptions and Orphans

In the world of International Adoption, Guatemala is one of the most popular and least regulated Countries. Last year there were estimated to have been 1,500 Guatemalan Children and Babies who have started fresh lives abroad, but the spectre of Illegal Adoptions have haunted Guatemala for years. Stories have emerged of mothers being forced to [...]

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By Jen Christensen
Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2007 at 8:22 p.m.
 
Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Madonna have highlighted the need for adopting children overseas, but they’re also making it look easy and somewhat glamorous. Many adoptions do end wonderfully, but the journey can be challenging.
Here’s what couples really go through when they are called to adopt.
Jami [...]

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By Jeff Gammage
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
> Rosanne Cowen was at work in her Moorestown office when an e-mail arrived from her adoption agency, bearing the subject line "Baby Girl."
> Her hands shook as she opened the message: She and her husband had a new daughter - Maria Jose, a newborn living with a foster family in [...]

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International Adoption - The Basics of Adopting from another Country
By Patrick Phillips
The issue of “Foreign Adoption”, “Overseas Adoption”, “International Adoption”, “Intercountry Adoption”, call it what you will or prefer, has been raised a great many times. The common misconception of a well meaning family from the developed world carrying a suitcase full of cash and [...]

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Catholic Adoption Agencies And British Law
By Mandy Fain 
One of the hot topics at the moment in adoption is the Catholic adoption agencies’ response to the British legal requirement that all adoption agencies receiving public funding accept homosexual couples as prospective parents for children waiting to be adopted. This is an extremely sensitive subject from both [...]

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