Australian Central Authority Closes Ethiopian Program

Today, June 28, 2012, the Australian government  announced that its Ethiopian Adoption Program has been closed. Below is the notice published on the Attorney General’s website: Closure of Ethiopia Program – June 2012 Current as at – 28 June 2012Key points: Australia has closed its intercountry adoption program with Ethiopia, following several years of issues with the Program, a suspension …

DOS Adoption Notice Romania: Agency Authorization Required by Romanian Law

Romania June 28, 2012 Notice: Agency Authorization Required by Romanian Law The Romanian Office for Adoptions (the Office) reported to the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest that it will allow private non-profit organizations accredited in the foreign receiving country to transmit documents in intercountry adoption procedures provided that they are also authorized by the Office. U.S. accredited agencies that would like …

Where healthy babies are bought illegally, disabled are slighted (Kantipur)

Where healthy babies are bought illegally, disabled are slightedKathmandu PostRoshan SedhaiKATHMANDU, JUN 12 –Laxmi Maharjan (name changed) of Kalimati paid an undisclosed amount of cash for a male child three years back when she and her husband “bought” him from a capital-based hospital. The seemingly well-off couple in their mid thirties, who had been long wishing to adopt a baby, …

AdopSource Letter to President Obama

PEAR supports AdopSource’s efforts to stop adoptees from being deported to their countries of origin. See their recent letter to President Obama here: http://adopsource.org/Shepherd_Community_Letter_%20final.pdf Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org