Last Thursday, (April 24th) an AP story ‘went out on the wires’: AP Exclusive: US Alleges Baby Selling in Vietnam. Adoption from Vietnam has of course had a long and troubled history, this latest step is only one of many in an ongoing saga. US adoptions from Vietnam had previously been stopped between 2003 and […]

First of all, many thanks to Kippa Herring on the adult adoptees forum for providing the information and links here. A couple of news stories, first from the Guardian UK: Lost 400 children may have been trafficked into sex or drugs trade. More than 400 foreign children, many suspected of being trafficked into the sex […]

Needless to say, this is near and dear to my heart- The BEA action alert can be found here on the BEA myspace page. Monday, April 21, 2008 URGENT–OHIO ACTION ALERT–OBC ACCESS DELETED FROM BILL! BUCKEYES FOR EQUAL ACCESS: OPEN RECORDS FOR ALL OHIO ADOPTEES PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELY OHIO ACTION ALERT BUCKEYES FOR EQUAL ACCESS […]

Turning to local news, Samuel and Donna Merryman are finally off to jail for starving the son they adopted from Russia to death. Clearly, their “deep faith” was no obstacle to torturing and starving Dennis (born Dennis Uritsky): (Quoting from this Baltimore Sun article, Prison for Child’s Death) “Dennis died in January 2005. Photos taken […]

(photo- Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press) Not sure how many adoption related blogs are touching on the mess in Texas at the moment, but I thought I’d at least pull some of the bones out of the steaming piles of coverage for contemplation- Down in this CNN piece, Photos show police well-equipped for polygamist raid from last […]

Bastardette has been doing an AMAZING job of both covering and organizing against IL’s HB4623. She has a whole series of blog posts about the disastrous legislation. (Go read them!!! Then get off your butt and work to crush HB 4623!) But some of what I’m finding most interesting are some of the responses to […]

So it’s taken me about a week to finally get to blogging about the murders in Iowa. I’m angry and disgusted, and left with more questions than answers. By way of backgrounder, Steve Sueppel, a former VP of Hills Bank and Trust (one of Iowa’s largest locally-owned banks) was under indictment on federal embezzlement and […]

First, I advise readers to read my brief diary on Daily Kos about how I primarily relate to and remember the former Ohio Senator. AFTERWARDS, read down through the rest of this. On some of the comment threads on dKos and elsewhere about the Senator’s passing, expressions of gratitude from adoptive parents have appeared a […]

(Perhaps a topic some may feel is not directly “adoption related” but I at least find it pertinent.) Go read this article- “Sonny Skyhawk turns the table on Indian cinema“. No, I am not saying Bastards removed at times forceably from (familial and other) context by governmental intrusion are akin to the intentional campaign and […]

A Screenplay: Juno 2 ******************* [As credits roll] Images of “baby’s scrapbook.” The book opens and inside we see, neat little photo corners holding hand lettered cards each dated month by month. As the pages turn we see letters from June, July, August, September. Scene 1 [Camera focuses on a mail slot in a front […]