More than 80,000 children from China were adopted by American families. While many appreciate how the adoptions reshaped their own lives, they are also glad to see the program conclude.
Tag: Adoptions
China Stops Foreign Adoptions, Ending a Complicated Chapter
Beijing said the move was in line with international trends, as more countries have limited such adoptions. Many would-be adoptive families were left in limbo.
Has Power Moderated Giorgia Meloni? Not to Italy’s Same-Sex Parents.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has mostly shown a pragmatic streak abroad. But at home, her government is plunging many gay families into panic.
In Norway, a Proposed Ban on Foreign Adoptions Rattles All Sides of a Heated Debate
A policy body recommended this week that the country halt all foreign adoptions amid allegations of stolen children, falsified paperwork and for-profit adoption schemes.
South Korean Adoptions and a Nation’s Painful Past
South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.
Scotland’s Leader Apologizes for Past Practice of Forced Adoptions
Nicola Sturgeon said the practice, which was relatively common until the 1970s, was among the gravest injustices in Scottish history.
‘How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?’
Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses.
Ireland Opens Decades of Secret Records to Adoptees
Thousands of people are being promised new rights to information, a potentially momentous step in a country where unmarried mothers were pressured for decades to give up their babies.
Stolen at Birth, Chilean Adoptees Uncover Their Past
Hundreds of Chileans adopted abroad have learned that they were trafficked. Investigators believe thousands of children may have been taken from their parents during Chile’s dictatorship.
Swiss Voters Approve Law Allowing Same-Sex Marriages
The legislation, endorsed in a referendum, will also allow same-sex couples to use sperm banks and to adopt children for the first time.