Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / September 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/29/young-mothers-housing-labour-conf
erence
Confusion over Labour's plan to house young mothers in supervised
homes
Amelia Gentleman

ormer Parkview Middle School janitor pleads guilty to molesting three
daughters
Friday, September 25, 2009
Middle school janitor faces 58 charges of child molestation, allegedly

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6843074.ece
September 22, 2009
Why are older mothers still taboo?
Cultural historian Shere Hite says it’s just sexism — but others say

Long, but interesting.
Adopted Chinese daughters seek their roots
By Patti Waldmeir
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cc97dd18-a719-11de-bd14-00144feabdc0.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/26/finding-biological-family-don
or-register
Finding your biological family
From October, children conceived by egg or sperm donation can find
their biological siblings through a voluntary register.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child
The Catholic church sold my child
Unmarried mother Philomena Lee was forced to give up her son to Irish
nuns, who sold him on to rich Americans. For decades she tried to find

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Court-gives-Hindus-free-hand-in-ad
option/articleshow/5032353.cms
Court gives Hindus free hand in adoption
Swati Deshpande, TNN 20 September 2009,
MUMBAI: Hindus who have always wanted to adopt a girl even though they

http://www.wbir.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=99589&catid=141
Maine furniture store co-workers discover they're long lost brothers!
NBC News
9/21/2009

Can't remember if I posted anything on this already - Anyway, as I posted a
while back, my amom passed away last month at the age of 82.  I emailed my
bmom that morning, telling her.  I'd emailed her a week or so before that to
tell her that my amom was in hospice care and not ...

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/sep/200909-Child-adoption-Maharashtra-40-percen
t-ratio-Mumbai.htm
'40% of India's adoptions in Maha', but ratio of destitute children
and adoptive parents low
By: Janaki Viswanathan

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58G2M720090917
Egypt court jails U.S. couples over illegal adoptions
Thu Sep 17, 2009
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced two Egyptian-American

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/15/2685853.htm
A heartbreaking assignment
By Mary Ann Jolley for Foreign Correspondent
Sit for any time in the foyer of the Hilton Hotel in Ethiopia's

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS131694+14-Sep-2009+BW20090914
HHS Awards $35 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions
Mon Sep 14, 2009 +]
WASHINGTON