Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / June 2006

CALIFORNIA
http://www.laist.com/archives/2006/06/22/dont_throw_your_baby_in_the_garbage.php
Don't Throw Your Baby in the Garbage
Too often we read tragic tales of despondent new parents who, in a

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/14902045.htm
Mom left baby, with no questions unasked
Law allows newborns to be left at hospitals anonymously, but it didn't
quite work at one ER

...  some would minimize.
County facing acute shortage of qualified foster parents
Eureka Springs Times-Echo - Eureka Springs,AR,USA
... has been with a 6-month-old premature boy who had methamphetamine in

http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=27660
Authorities say they have lost track of 1,300 children adopted abroad
AP
Adoption authorities said Saturday that they have asked the U.S.,

MASSACHUSETTS
http://www2.townonline.com/malden/opinion/view.bg?articleid=522676
Letter: Selling the state's Safe Haven Law
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Quoth Maggie:
supporters of the failed child protection racket often use a
three-point strategy...........they seek to exploit and exaggerate
extreme examples of extreme parenting deficiencies and emphasize

ILLINOIS
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_170212654.html
Newborn Left At West Side Hospital
25 Children Have Been Saved Under Safe Haven Law

Erik Smith will appear this weekend on To the Contrary, the acclaimed
women's news show shown on over 200 PBS stations across the country.  He
will discuss putative father registries and birthfather rights.
To learn what time and station To the Contrary will air in your area go ...

I have a baby girl that I'm giving up for adoption. She's only 2 weeks
old and I can't keep her. I need to find loving parents and a loving
home for her to go to. Very soon.
I have a lawyer. If interested please call 828.699.3093 or IM me at

http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/06/19/top/16648328.txt
Adoption woes lead to couple's lawsuit against agency
BY CALEB HALE, THE SOUTHERN
MURPHYSBORO - A botched adoption in 2002 has left a Murphysboro woman

"Yesterday, a ten year-old resident of Hillcrest asked to speak with me.
She and her two younger sisters have been here at Hillcrest for over three
years. I immediately knew what she wanted to talk about.  Unfortunately, she
and her sisters will soon be leaving Hillcrest and we will ...

NORTH CAROLINA
http://www.thesnaponline.com/local/local_story_167082714.html
'Safe surrender law' gives mothers frightened by new baby another
option

Foster parents need support from the state
Washington state's incredible foster parents are unionizing. These
remarkable men and women who nurture the state's most vulnerable
children and give them a chance at a successful life have had a

Jonathan Matthew Lyda and Rachel R. Holbert are the proud parents of
baby Andrea Nicole Holbert-Lyda. To donate to baby Andrea's college
fund call 828.699.3093

FLORIDA
http://www.wcjb.com/news.asp?id=14021
Finding Safe Spots for Unwanted Newborns
6/7/2006 - By Heather Sorentrue/WCJB TV20 News