Kidnapping fears lead N. S. mother to call for halt to adoptions from China

A Nova Scotia mother who adopted a baby from China says she is haunted by questions about whether her little girl -- and other Chinese adoptees in Canada -- might have been kidnapped from her birth parents, or sold for cash. "I'm very, very scared," said Cathy Wagner, pictured, who wants the federal government to stop all Canadian adoptions from China until fears about the true origins of orphans there can be properly investigated. This week the Los Angeles Times published explosive evidence that Chinese babies, particularly those in rural villages, had been kidnapped from their parents and sold to orphanages by corrupt adoption officials cashing in on the vast sums of money made available by the foreign demand for Chinese children. Ms. Wagner, who lives in Bridgewater, N. S., adopted a baby girl from China's Chongqing province in 2006.