Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / March 2008

adoption prayer
father of the fatherless, you give your children a home in which to
dwell; and like a loving mother you gather us into your household.  we
give you thanks for the child who has come to bless this family and for

http://www.russiatoday.ru/features/news/22700
March 27, 2008, 8:53
U.S. baby death threatens Russian adoption
An American couple, who adopted a Russian baby who then died, are

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/camilla_cavendish/article340
6214.ece
British justice: a family ruined
A chilling example of our secret State where a mother and child are
forced into hiding

I came across this people search.  It's free to sign up and use. It's
pretty good.
http://www.free-background-checks.info/freepeoplesearch

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0321edit1mar21,0,1217278.story
Adoptees and their records
March 21, 2008
A decade ago, a bid to open many adoption-related records for adult

Two new Bastardettes have arrived:
The Simplicity of Language:  Successful Records Access Bills
and
Phyllis Schlflay vs Diablo Cody:  Juno is a Feminist Playbook

For an earlier article about this see: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.adoption/msg/2bd7833ffa6a1d5a
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBr
and=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED13%20Mar%202008%2009%3A21%3A57%3A770
Mother's anxious wait ...

Well, I have been remiss in not posting about my lunch with my birthmother
last Friday.  We have a wonderful time, my daughter was thrilled to meet
her, I have her another photo album, as well as a little wooden box I
painted for her, etc., etc.  Afterwards, I had the same sort ...

I couldn't believe it.
Do yourself a favour and at least check it out:
http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-2924912-10359791
Michael

Criminal records now available for public access
By Michael Smith
NEW YORK (AP) - Criminal records, once previously available only to police
and federal law enforcement, are now available to the general public.

Read in the paper yesterday that the divorce became final, for the
people who stole my granddaughter by having their lawyer trick my
daughter into believing her pre-birth consent to adoption was
binding.   I thought it was a little odd that HE invited my daughter

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-guatemala-adoptions,0,3727748.story
No amnesty for moms who used false IDs to give up babies
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA | Associated Press Writer
March 12, 2008

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-argentina-dirty-war-adopti
on,0,6504736.story
Orphan Wants Adoptive Parents Jailed
By DEBORA REY | Associated Press Writer
March 11, 2008

ISO:Birthfamily,birth name is David Carl Weidman,adopted name is Allan
George Edmondson
birth mother was under 21 in 1961 living with her sister in
toronto,ontario.born in east york county.Born feb 20 1961 kept me for

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/54843
What Are We Doing To Our Children?
Victoria Hardy
March 10, 2008