Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / March 2006

I had the honour of appearing on national tv here in Australia last
night on a show called Insight. It is a debate-style show on a
different issue each week, and this week they featured intercountry
adoption. I appeared along with my son Madhu, daughter Briony and

ARIZONA
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=61964
News Update
Do safe havens also guard mothers?

Hmm, from the ***National*** Desk at the New York Times!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/national/23adopt.html?hp&ex=1143176400&en=6818
f21a14894529&ei=5094&partner=homepage
EXCERPTS
Since 1991, when China loosened its adoption laws to address a growing

NEW YORK
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4675437
Newborn Baby Left at Buffalo Hospital, Legally
(Buffalo, NY, March 23, 2006) - - Another baby was left behind at a

OIh brother.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/tittletattle/article_21212066.shtml
Nicole Richie Blames Her Happy Childhood For Drug Addictions
by Jack Ryan

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/03/27/equa
l_rights_for_unwed_fathers/
Equal rights for unwed fathers
By Cathy Young  |  March 27, 2006
WHILE THE ''Roe v. Wade for men" lawsuit filed in Michigan earlier this

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0328montini0328.html
Throwing out baby with bath water, on purpose this time
Mar. 28, 2006 12:00 AM
Over the past several weeks, I've heard from adoptive parents and

Nparent and adoptee rights advocate  Erik Smith will appear on the NPR's
Talk of the Nation on Monday, March 27.  He'll appear with adoption lawyer
Mary Beck and Columbia University Law professor Carol Sanger for a
discussion of natural fathers rights and putative fathers ...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1739757,00.html?gusrc=rss
The orphans still fighting for life
Sixteen years after the West was shocked by images of abused children
in Romanian orphanages, the decaying homes are being closed to comply

Following up on a topic on MA:
Adoption dilemma makes kids the losers
KATHLEEN PARKER
We live in interesting times when the Catholic Church has to defend its

The right to abandon your child
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com |
This is one of those moments when you want to grab liberals by the lapels
and demand, "Well, what did you expect?"

NEW YORK
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4675437
Newborn Baby Left at Buffalo Hospital, Legally
(Buffalo, NY, March 23, 2006) - - Another baby was left behind at a

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/121393
Single mothers see no need for adoption bill
Married couples would get preference under measure
By Jane Erikson

http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/02/25/news/local/doc43fffcacb4eae067064451.txt
Stage is set for adoption law review
By Dan Gearino |
DES MOINES - State leaders are calling for greater scrutiny of

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4667036&nav=4QcS
Forever Family, Part 2
Burlington, Vermont -- March 22, 2006
In the LaPierre Stevens household, there's no time to waste.