Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / April 2009

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/14/adoption-success-a-reality/
Adoption success a reality
By Cheryl Wetzstein | Tuesday, April 14, 2009
I recently wrote about how domestic infant adoption is “vanishing” in

Here's the link for the (long) Washington Times article
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/12/last-days-of-adoption/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146091.php
Washington Times Examines Decline In Domestic Adoptions

April 15, 2009
To: CARE and Cal-Open
From: Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
RE: AB 372

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/13/mum-takes-dead-son-s-sperm-t
o-make-grandkids-115875-21274849/
Mum takes dead son's sperm to make grandkids
By Stephen White 13/04/2009
It's the case that has sparked fury among religious figures in

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/76726/Adopted-kids-sold-off-for-body-parts/
Adopted kids sold of for body parts
14th April 2009
By Richard Peppiatt

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090407/120966770.html
Russia, U.S. discuss treaty on child adoption
07/ 04/ 2009
MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Science and Education

Published on Monday, April 6, 2009
New Afghan Law Comes as No Surprise: Women’s Rights Have Always Been Traded for
Political Power
by Sonali Kolhatkar

http://www.reason.com/news/show/130845.html
Who's Your Daddy?
Children of sperm donors are seeking more information about their once-
anonymous fathers, sometimes at the risk of the fertility industry

http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/real-life/2009/04/07/my-adopted-son-came-home
-after-23-years-and-nearly-ended-my-marriage-115875-21261706/
My adopted son came home after 23 years.. and nearly ended my marriage
By Angela Carless 7/04/2009
Millions tuned in to watch EastEnders’ ...

http://www.mosnews.com/society/2009/04/12/fostercare/
Foreigners outnumber Russians in orphan adoptions
Foster placement of orphans and children left without parental care
has become less common in Moscow, Aleksey Golovan, ombudsman for

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/nyregion/new-jersey/12adoptnj.html
Singing, and Rapping, for Their Rights as Adoptees
By CYNTHIA WOLFE BOYNTON
Published: April 10, 2009

More Litigants Go To Court Without Lawyers
http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=33087
State committee seeks ways to assist self-represented parties
By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/newsletter/la-he-closer6-2009apr06,0,5343
123.story
From the Los Angeles Times
A CLOSER LOOK: Plan B
Teens and the morning after pill

http://phillyist.com/2009/04/03/asshole_of_the_week_in_progress_6.php
a.shole of the Week
This week's award-winning terrible people hatched up a plan in
Uniontown for babymaking far worse than what anyone could complain

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1167565/At-I-Mercy-8217-s-life-says
-father.html
'At last I can be part of Mercy’s life,' says her father
By BARBARA JONES
4th April 2009