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The Bombay High Court recently allowed a surrogate mother to abort her 24-week foetus, as the foetus had numerous heart abnormalities and was expected to require multiple surgeries if born. The petitioner had entered into an agreement with a Pune-based couple, for carrying their baby. She had, however, approached the court after a routine check-up and screening had revealed serious defects in the heart of the foetus. The court had then referred her matter to a medical board, consisting of doctors from the BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. This board had confirmed that the foetus indeed had several cardiac abnormalities. Having perused this report, Justice Bharati H. Dangre had thereafter sought permission from the intended parents, in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case. "It is informed by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the team of doctors who examined the surrogate mother is made aware of the risk involved and the procedure to be complied with. However, this is a peculiar case where the petitioners before the Court are also joined by the intended parent, since the child is to be conceived by applying the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). "In such circumstances, it would be appropriate to obtain the consent of the intended parents and they are appraised of the report which is tendered today," the court had directed. During the next hearing, the intended father was present in court, and consented to the abortion in view of the medical report. Allowing the petition, the court then ruled, "In such circumstances, since the expert team of doctors comprising the Heads of various departments have opined that there are multiple cardiac complication in the baby and that the pregnancy be terminated, this Court grants permission to terminate the pregnancy of the petitioner no.1."

https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/bombay-hc-allows-surrogate-mother-to-abort-24-week-foetus-with-consent-from-intended-parents-read-order-141814

Subsidiarity Made Simple: Understanding the Hague Convention’s Subsidiarity Principle

BY: CHAD TURNER

ADOPTION ADVOCATE NO. 127POSTED JAN 01, 2019

Subsidiarity Made Simple: Understanding the Hague Convention’s Subsidiarity Principle

BY: CHAD TURNER

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ROOT SEARCH BY ADOPTED CHILDREN: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES by Dr. Jagannath Pati, Deputy Director, CARA (Indian Central Authority)

Many people think of the issues that take place before and during an adoption, but fail to realize that it is important to anticipate and understand the issues that may come up after you have brought a child into your family. Adoption is an emotional experience. It is also a physical experience, a biological, and a psychological experience. Post Adoption Services shall refer to psycho-social and support services provided to the adoptee, adopter and the biological parents, popularly known as the adoption triangle, by a professionally trained social worker and/or other discipline e.g., psychiatrist/psychologist, etc., after the adoption is legally completed.

Children need some knowledge of their heritage to foster self-esteem later on in life. Long-term studies have shown that children whose heritage was celebrated in their adoptive families by and large grew up to be healthy, self-respecting adults.The Case for Transracial Adoption International adoptions presents unique challenges in securing accurate and truthful background information and history on individual children. Differences in culture, language, terminology, and the competence of medical resources all profoundly affect this process.

The access to information and the quality and reliability of information varies widely country by country. From countries where programs are well established and sophisticated, child information can be very complete and available. Routinely orphanages, institutions or hospitals that are all under the authority of appointed government ministries hold this information. The range of cooperation on the part of these authorities is often irregular and inconsistent (http://www.holtintl.org/ethics.shtml).

Guiding principles/Policies

Mission République de Moldavie et Roumanie (janvier 2019)

En janvier 2019, EFA a effectué une mission en République de Moldavie et en Roumanie. S’il n’y a aucune adoption internationale dans ce premier pays et très peu dans le second (les adoptions internationales sont autorisées uniquement pour les personnes d’origine roumaine), il s’agissait avant tout de comprendre leur système de la protection de l’enfance et plus particulièrement la place qu’y tient l’adoption.

Les défis auxquels ont à faire face ces deux pays sont similaires en ce qui concerne la protection de l’enfance et la désinstitutionnalisation des enfants placés. Les progrès y sont considérables même si les différences entre les villes et les campagnes restent importantes.

Cette mission a été l’occasion de présenter le fonctionnement d’EFA aux autorités de ces deux pays, d’envisager les perspectives possibles en matière d’adoption internationale et, pour la Roumanie, de comprendre également le système mis en place pour la recherche des origines. En effet, dans les années 1990, un nombre important d’enfants roumains, devenus adultes depuis, ont été adoptés et peuvent aujourd’hui entreprendre une démarche de recherche des origines.

The TV2 documentary "The Danish children from India" may give rise to a number of questions about adoption from the Shejar Chhaya orphanage and an investigation that the Appeals Board launched in 2014. Here you can see our answers.

Briefly about the process

• 2005 AC Børnehjælp terminates the cooperation with Shejar Chhaya due to a lack of development in the quality of the work.
• 2014 Media coverage of problems with adoptions by Shejar Chhaya from 2004 to 2008.
• 2014 The Danish Appeals Board initiates an investigation into Danish adoption cases from the orphanage in the period from 2004-2005

Have we done enough on the matter?

Our possibilities as a supervisory authority to assess whether there have been irregularities or unethical conditions with a Danish organisation's former partner are limited when the collaboration - as in this case - has ended several years ago.

Mumbai: Two children from Chembur orphanage die under mysterious circumstances

The Chembur orphanage. Pic/Rajesh Gupta

In a shocking case that came to light, two kids from a private orphanage in Chembur died under mysterious circumstances. Both the kids died on consecutive days. Six children from the facility complained of dehydration on December 25 after which they were admitted to private hospitals, where the two kids — one was five months old and one 10 months old — succumbed. Now, Govandi police have registered an accidental death report.

All the children are from Bal Anand Orphanage at Ghatla. The facility houses around 52 children (up to 18 years). DCP (Zone 6) Shahaji Umap informed, "Four kids are undergoing treatment at the moment; three are admitted at Zen Hospital and one at Kohinoor Hospital.

All the kids admitted are below the age of one year." Post-mortem was conducted at JJ Hospital, where the preliminary cause of death is considered as dehydration. In both the cases, tissues have been preserved for examination. "We are finding out what they were fed before the incident took place," a source said.

2 babies die of gastro in city orphanage

TNN | Dec 30, 2018, 05.00 AM IST

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MUMBAI: Two babies of Bal Anand Orphanage in Ghatla, Chembur, have

died of acute gastroenteritis and dehydration and four others are