First go to Bastard Nation’s statement- BASTARD NATION STATEMENT ON HAITIAN ADOPTIONS AND “BABYLIFTS” It says much of what I need to, although far more eloquently and concisely than I ever could. It’s a stunning statement, that speaks to the core of how we’re dealing with a corrupted and broken system long before the quake […]

People still trapped in the rubble, hunger, death, and complete social collapse. What’s the story here in America? Adoption. Natural disaster, for some, spells an opportunity to extract Haiti’s children. Haitian adoption used to take roughly two to two and a half years. Some will use this as an excuse to call for efforts to […]

Ron brought this Guardian article about Late Discovery Adoptees to my attention. Interviews with LDAs and this secretive side of adoption rarely gets the attention such deserve. Adopted – but we didn’t know Here’s a brief  segment: “I was at my uncle’s funeral when my cousin’s husband wandered up to me and said, ‘I’ve been wanting […]

The guilty plea to three counts of child rape by Eddy Tony Whisenhunt back in mid-December has led to an announcement from the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA.) Pound Pup Legacy has a profile page on the Chinese girl adopted by Eddy and Donna Whisenhunt that links across to a number of pertinent articles. This KIRO […]

Yeah, not so swell. Yesterday’s Minneapolis Star-Tribune ran an article focusing on the adoptive family’s end of an adoption of two girls from India, an adoption rooted firmly in lies. The girls were the second and third adoptions Maria Melichar and her husband Carl had done through the agency. Minnesota couple caught up in apparent […]

Over the past two days Marley‘s already laid out the basics of the situation, so I won’t attempt to rehash her fine work, first go see her posts about the NJ mess: NEW JERSEY: ANYTHING TO GET A BILL PASSED. WE LEAVE EVERYBODY BEHIND! BASTARD NATION’S LETTER TO NJ HOUSE SPEAKER JOSEPH ROBERTS, JR–PLEASE OPPOSE […]

This is one of those posts that’s been on the back burner brewing here for a bit. I’ve known Marley/Bastardette for a number of years now and I find I always come away from time spent with her having learned something. It may be  something deeply nuanced in relation to the intricacies of adoption policy […]

I wanted to draw additional attention to two comments that came through yesterday on one of my recent posts about the ongoing failure that states’ “baby safe haven”/babydump programs have been. I’m not going to attempt to write around them as the comments speak for themselves, other than to confirm that the author was posting […]

Joy Madsen apparently had a complete melt-down on the Facebook “alt adoption” group’s discussion boards last night. Some of us have seen this behavior from her time and again over the last three years, particularly in relation to the Adoptee Rights Demonstration/Day for Adoptee Rights though usually it’s been in spaces such as the AAAFC/”Adult” […]

Well here’s something you don’t see everyday. Bitch Magazine* saw fit to include a commentary criticizing the industry from a Feminist perspective, written by adoptive mother Dawn Friedman. See “Adopt-ation: A feminist take on the state of the adoption industry.” Marley/Bastardette has written her own blog post, ADOPTION IS A FEMINIST ISSUE: DAWN FRIEDMAN TAKES […]