Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / November 2008

I just saw an editorial from London where the person described the
situation where kids are removed for investigation and months
later when investigators find absolutely NO child abuse, they
STILL won't give the kids back, using the excuse that the children

On Nov 29, 1:02 am, Greegor <Greego...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'M LOOKING FOR THIS MAN.
THANKS

That's basically the issue: that they here defend CPS, or refuse to
criticise them, which amounts to endorsing what they do.
And what do they do? They exercise extra-legal authority over
everyone's raising their children. They can take your children or set

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089364/Belgium-couple-face-ja
il-selling-newborn-baby-online-decent-figure-sum.html
Belgium couple face jail 'for selling their newborn baby online for
decent five figure sum'
By PETER ALLEN

Things are bad. Still checking the new every half hour or so.

http://www.womenspress.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3238&TM
=55959.4
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Feminist lens on adoption
Personal story, research frame the issue

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Canada/ContentPosting?newsitemid=CTVNews%2F2008
1124%2Frestraining_orders_081124&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&show=False&number=0&
showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True
Ontario introduces bill to protect women, children
Queen's Park ...

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=787542
Black Kids in White Houses
After all this time, there are still things we don't talk about.
by JEN GRAVES

http://www.livescience.com/health/081027-bad-safe-haven-laws.html
Safe Haven Laws Encourage Baby Disposal
By Benjamin Radford, Live Science's Bad Science Columnist
27 October 2008

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456248,00.html
Nebraska Governor Gives Green Light to Age Limit for Safe-Haven Law
Friday, November 21, 2008
LINCOLN, Neb —  Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a

What is there about handing your child over for adoption, to the first
social worker or moral welfare worker to appear on the seen, that would make
you an 'expert' on anything at all?
Perhaps I'm one of those fortunate adoptees whose mother's fought the

As I receive materials from adoption agencies I see again and again
that for international adoption ( I don't know about domestic
adoption) if either of the adopting couple is over 50 they don't
qualify.   My wife is 46 and I am 55.   Is it true that most countries

On October 10, 1950, Life Magazine ran a story on adoption in the
U.S.  You can see the photos from that story at Google's new Life
archive:
http://images.google.com/images?q=adoption&q=source%3Alife