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From Conducive Mag- ADOPTING HAITIAN ORPHANS: Saving Children or Repeating Unsuccessful History? February 6, 2010Removing children during times of disaster is not new. We saw this with Operation Babylift after the Vietnam War (index.php?option=com_content amp;view=article amp;id=106:the-narrative-of-international-adoption1023 amp;catid=37:critical-thinking amp;Itemid=62), where the American government hurriedly removed almost 3,000 children from their homeland during […]
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What does “Gotcha” mean?
November is National Adoption Month. What would such a celebration of adoption, whether in the U.S. or another country, mean to my Korean birthmother?
At the time my mother became a “birthmother,” I was six months old, and my sister was four years old. Because she passed away about nine years ago, I will take the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Adoptee, Adoption, Adoption Month, birthfamily search, Gotcha Day, Holt, international adoption, Korea, prospective adoptive parent, TRACK 4 Comments
Nothing About Us Without Us
Do you believe that access to medical information is important for all people, including adoptees and the children of adoptees? Are you a Korean adoptee who believes that you should have a say in the laws that Korea makes about the lives of existing adoptees and future adoptees? Would you like fair laws to govern the birthfamily search process? Do believe that unwed Korean mothers should be educated and supported in keeping their own children? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, you may be interested in what is happening this fall in Seoul with the revisions of Korea’s adoption laws.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Adoptee, Adoption, adoption law revisions, South Korea, unwed mothers 5 Comments
Abuses in adoptions from S. Korea