Romania Eases Adoptions to Empty Orphanages

The fate of the two Bulgarians adopted in the United States must be decided by mid-September

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25. Januar 2010, 14:52

Keine EU-Regeln für Adoptivkinder aus Haiti

Brüssel (dpa) - Die europäischen Länder können die Adoption von Waisenkindern aus dem Erdbebengebiet in Haiti eigenständig regeln - eine EU-weite Vorgabe wird es nicht geben. Die EU-Kommission wolle keinen Anlauf dazu machen, sagte ein Kommissionssprecher am Montag in Brüssel: «Es scheint uns voreilig, einen europäischen Rahmen zu schaffen, zudem ist die Kompetenz der EU-Kommission in dieser Frage sehr begrenzt.» Die 27 EU-Mitglieder könnten selbst entscheiden.

So hätten die Niederlande und Italien angekündigt, bereits laufende Adoptionsverfahren für Kinder aus Haiti zu beschleunigen. «Wir bitten die Staaten, vorsichtig zu handeln, da die Lage sehr unübersichtlich ist», betonte der Sprecher.

After adopting an abandoned infant from an orphanage in China, she began researching the lives of birth parents who had been forced to give up their children.

Kay Ann Johnson, an Asian studies scholar whose adoption of an infant girl from China led her to spend years researching the impact of the country’s one-child policy on rural families, died on Aug. 14 at a hospital in Hyannis, Mass. She was 73.

Her husband, Bill Grohmann, said the cause was complications of metastatic breast cancer.

Professor Johnson, who taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., was working on an oral history of a village in North China in 1991 when she adopted a three-month-old girl, Tang Li (who became known as LiLi), from an orphanage in Wuhan, a large city in Hubei Province in Central China. She and Mr. Grohmann already had a biological son.

China was more than a decade into enforcing its one-child policy, a draconian effort by the Communist government to curb the country’s population growth. The rule required families to make painful decisions about whether or not to keep their children.

A Tamil Nadu woman was arrested after it was found that she used to sell newborn children. Amudha, a retired nurse, was arrested by Namakkal police some days ago. In disturbing detail, it has emerged that the woman offered babies at varying prices depending on their skin colour, weight and the like.

According to a conversation accessed by The News Minute, a female baby would cost Rs 2.7 lakh, and a male baby Rs 3.5 lakh. "The rate depends on gender, colour and weight. If it is a female, the rate begins at Rs. 2.70 lakh. If the girl is fair and is of good weight the price could go up to Rs.3 lakh. For a dark baby boy the rate is between Rs.3.30 lakh and Rs.3.70 lakh and if you want a beautiful Amul baby it is over Rs.4 lakh," Amudha said on the phone, reports TNM.

She added that the buyer could give Rs 30,000 as an advance and the rest of the transaction could be done after the customer receives the baby.

For an extra Rs 70,000, Amudha would be able to get the child's birth certificate with the names of the parents on it. She assured the buyer that she would get the certificate from the Municipality in one month. She added that since this is an illegal process, it will take some time. She assured the prospective parents that they needn't worry about the birth certificate since it will look just like an original one. The process of getting it will be a bit difficult because nowadays, everything is done online.

How Did She Procure Babies?

On the run since July when the racket was busted, Pawan Kumar Sharma (42) was arrested from the national capital on Thursday, DCP Akbar Pathan said

A key accused in the inter-state child trafficking racket was arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch from Delhi and brought to Mumbai on Friday.

On the run since July when the racket was busted, Pawan Kumar Sharma (42) was arrested from the national capital on Thursday, DCP Akbar Pathan said. He added that Sharma was sent to police custody till August 28 by a local court after he was brought to Mumbai on Friday.

According to police, Sharma ran fertility centres in Delhi and Bengaluru and had been at the centre of the racket, connecting other accused, including surrogate mothers, nurses, the biological parents who allegedly sold their children, and couples who allegedly purchased them.

“He was well acquainted with the supply and demand (for children) owing to the waiting period for adoption of children. Through other co-accused, Sharma managed to get in touch with women who had been surrogates and lured them into the racket. He also had access to childless couples,” a senior police officer probing the case said.

The CWC has also refused to allow the couple to visit the two-year-old boy, who was sent to Bal Anand, a specialised adoption agency in July, when the racket was busted.

THE MUMBAI Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has refused to grant permanent or temporary custody to a couple who had allegedly purchased one of the six children rescued by the Mumbai police from an inter-state child-selling racket. The CWC has also refused to allow the couple to visit the two-year-old boy, who was sent to Bal Anand, a specialised adoption agency in July, when the racket was busted.

“The committee is mindful of the fact that incidents of child trafficking is rampantly increasing. Children are being trafficked under the garb of adoption, from hospitals, nursing homes and institutions that do not figure in the adoption set up at all. The committee cannot encourage the practice of illegal adoption,” the CWC stated, while rejecting the application filed by the couple earlier this month.

The boy, along with five others, all aged between 18 months and seven years, were rescued by the Mumbai Police crime branch in July and, as per orders of the CWC, sent to Bal Anand.

The police claimed that the couple and others, from whose custody the children were rescued, had not completed any legal formalities to adopt the children. The “adoptive” parents were arrested in July and later granted bail by the sessions court.

It’s mandatory for the parents, who are willing to adopt children to follow the guidelines strictly laid down by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), District Welfare Officer B Santhosh said.

Hanamkonda: It's mandatory for the parents, who are willing to adopt children to follow the guidelines strictly laid down by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), District Welfare Officer B Santhosh said. Delivering the keynote address at a workshop on 'Adoption to the Prospective Adoptive Parents' organised by the Warangal Rural District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) at the Bala Raksha Bhavan in Hanamkonda on Thursday, he said that the rules pertaining to adoption are stringent to avoid misuse, and also aimed at the safety of children.

y Dr. Hanna Sofia Jung Johansson

South Korea has sent away more children for overseas adoption than any other country in history. The number of children sent away is unknown but numbers ranging from 175,000 to over 200,000 are mentioned.

The vast majority of these children were adopted during the 1970s (approximately 66,500 children) and the 1980s (approximately 23,000 children). This means that most of the children were adopted during the authoritarian regimes in Korea under Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan.

Accusations of child trafficking, child laundering and kidnapping are often heard in relation to overseas adoptions, including adoptions from South Korea. All these terms indicate that inter-country adoptions have been carried out by illegal and fraudulent means.

Numerous adoptees and families that have reunited bear witness to children being sent overseas without the parents' consent or knowledge. Despite this, the Korean government has never carried out an investigation of the children sent for overseas adoption.

Staff

Kate Bradley joined the LBB family in 2012 and is Associate Director and head of social services and Child Placement Supervisor. Her passion for adoption was sparked while completing an internship at an adoption agency during college. Kate earned a Master of Social Work degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005. Over the course of the past 8+ years, Kate has worked in many areas of the adoption field. She began her career as a pregnancy counselor and in 2007, shifted to assisting eager families to achieve their dreams of becoming parents through adoption. Kate and her husband have two children, Kallum and Ryann. In addition, Kate is the adoptive mom of 2 huskies. She enjoys travel, cooking, books, and the active Colorado lifestyle. “For a long time there were only your footprints & laughter in our dreams & even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to love you forever.” Brian Andreas You may contact Kate at Kate@bbinternationaladoption.com or 303-333-1572 ext. 113.

Kelly Carmody is the Executive Director of A Love Beyond Borders. She has been providing support and guidance to adoptive families since 2003 and started with A Love Beyond Borders when it opened in 2008.

Kelly is a single parent to three teenagers who were adopted; Hope from Kazakhstan and Kevin and Laura from Colombia. Her two Colombian children joined the family first through the hosting program in Colombia. She loves animals and they have three dogs and a cat. She enjoys cooking, entertaining, reading, game nights and traveling. Favorite quote: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt You may contact Kelly atKelly@bbinternationaladoption.com or 303-333-1572 ext. 102.

Rachael Daugherty joined the LBB staff in 2013 as a social worker and provides our home study services for Colorado families as well as placement supervisor. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and has worked in the field of adoption as a pregnancy counselor, international adoption case worker, and community relations coordinator. Rachael is originally from Georgia. Rachael has a little girl who loves all things pink and princessy and a son who loves to pretend to be a dragon. One of her favorite poets in Rainer Rilke so one of her life quotes has become: “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” You may contact Rachael at Rachael@bbinternationaladoption.com or 303-333-1572 ext. 114.