Another day, another closure due to an ongoing pattern of falsified documents. Today the U.S. closed off adoptions of children classified as “abandoned” or foundlings in Nepal after finding an ongoing pattern in previous American adoptions of children labeled “abandoned in Nepal, the “documents presented in support of the abandonment of these children in Nepal […]

“Americans for African Adoptions”, widely credited as the first agency to facilitate adoptions from Ethiopia, sits squarely at the center of a latest round of  lawsuits in relation to yet another Ugandan adoption scandal. Uganda has an ongoing history of adoption corruption, even as the number of kids being imported to the US continues to […]

Many people assume that the intentional stripping of parental rights for Indigenous peoples ended with the closure of the American and Canadian “Indian Residential Schools” or with the Indian Child Welfare Act (or ICWA, here in the States back in 1978,)   or even by the signing of Public Law 110-351, (link opens a pdf) which […]

(A continuation of my parody from part 1, about the adoption related aftermath of the worst earthquakes to strike Maryland in 252 years.) <sarcasm> <parody> Day 7 As the first week after the quakes came to a close, America’s most important disaster relief workers, adoption agencies, shifted into high gear. 80 young survivors were loaded […]

<sarcasm> <parody> Day 1 I am fortunate to count myself among the living after this morning’s early morning earthquakes rocked the Maryland region. The initial 3.6 quake, followed soon thereafter by the 2.0 that devastated Germantown, Maryland, hit just after 5 this morning. While other parts of the country may dismiss these as “small,” the […]

For those of you arriving here by way of my comment on the Huffington Post piece, or this article on RH Reality Check, my post in question can be found here: Adoption in relation to Abortion provision, notes on clinics that embrace adoption marketing As time allows I hope to write a response to these […]

New Jersey There is a significant possibility that New Jersey’s botched legislation, SCS1406  (SCS799/1399)  has been pulled for this session. But this is no time to become complacent. We must keep the pressure on: keep educating, keep communicating with lawmakers and the Governor, and keep working for nothing short of restored equality. Those advocating in […]

I should have some kind of witty or profound thing to say on the occasion of Father’s day, but I don’t. These are just a few disjointed thoughts jotted down. (Consider these almost vignettes or morsels to chew on as part of a broader thought process.) Whether warranted or not, Fathers are often a maligned […]

The below is my comment on the New York Times article, Campaigning for Common Ground in Abortion Debate. Where to start? The fact that women’s autonomy and freedom must not be up for “debate” perhaps? The article itself starts off with the false notion that many clinics that offer abortion services don’t ALREADY mention adoption […]

On Monday the New Jersey Assembly’s Human Services Committee heard testimony on A1406 (The Assembly’s version of the New Jersey Senate’s S799.) The bill has become a mangled beyond repair attempt at what was originally intended to be open records legislation. At this point the two bills have been combined and are now known as […]