adoption
Pride and Parenting: Gay Fatherhood in America
November 2, 2009 - 11:40am (Print)
In her new book, Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America, Ellen Lewin investigates the nuances of gay adoption and describes the many challenges gay men face—from the “family values” Right as much as from the “radical queer” Left—as they actively seek to become parents.
Rent-A-Womb: Surrogacy in India on the Rise
by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia
January 25, 2008 - 8:53am (Print)
Debates on surrogacy in India are bound to be endless. But who is to decide which exploitation is more acceptable? A woman renting her womb or working low-paying jobs in inhuman conditions?
Child Abduction for Adoption and the Tangled Web of Deceit in Guatemala: A Review of Erin Siegal’s “Finding Fernanda”
January 31, 2012 - 10:05am (Print)
Because much of my research has focused on reforming intercountry adoption and most especially Guatemala, I opened Siegal’s “Finding Fernanda” cautiously. By the end of this captivating read, it is impossible to see Alvarado as anything but a strong and resilient woman who is determined to fight circumstances of poverty and oppression.
How One Governor Changed Her Mind On Gay Rights
WA Governor Gregoire: "Some argue that the state should deny [same-sex couples the right to marriage] based on the premise that marriage is for procreation. Do we then deny a license to those heterosexual couples who choose not to have children? To those who have children who are adopted? To those who have children through in vitro fertilization?"
Adoption in the United States: Harder and More Complicated Than Most Believe But "Open" to Change
November 29, 2011 - 6:01pm (Print)
Many of the historical problems with adoption came from the desire to keep it secret, to allow adoptive families to “pass” as traditional, biologically related families. Fully embracing openness is key to our efforts to keep improving adoption and placing further distance between its dark and coercive past and its hopeful future.
The Other Side of Reproductive Justice: How Sterilization and Other Forms of Coercion Are Used Against "Unworthy" Parents
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
November 21, 2011 - 10:48am (Print)
Coercive sterilizations and castration are at the extreme end of a spectrum that also includes criminal sanctions for drug use during pregnancy and barring LBGT individuals from in-vitro fertilization services and adoption, as well as a host of other policies geared at making pregnancy and parenting difficult for those deemed unworthy.
Inter-country Adoption: Steep Declines in International Adoptions by U.S. Parents Reflect Mixed Record
November 18, 2011 - 12:28pm (Print)
For many committed to intercountry adoption, it is unfortunate that since the year 2004 the practice has declined more than 50%. An important question is: what is happening? The answer is complex. To begin with, the unfortunate reality is that intercountry adoption has a mixed history.
Corpses Don't Rebel: Former Quiverfull Mom Reacts to Death of Hana Williams by "Biblical Chastisement" via Corporal Punishment
by Vyckie Garrison, No Longer Qivering
November 3, 2011 - 3:16pm (Print)
Trigger Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of infant and child abuse.
The death toll from parents following Michael and Debi Pearl’s teachings continues to mount. Another child is has been “biblically chastened” to death via corporal punishment, and Michael Pearl is defending his teachings in the mainstream media while promoting his new book.
Black Market Baby-Selling
"A well-known surrogacy attorney in California used her networks and well-financed practice to dupe families into paying over $100,000 for a child based on a fraudulent scenario. Basically, those looking to secure a child were told that a surrogacy arrangement had fallen apart—the intended parents backing out of the arrangement. This was false and a story constructed for fraud." Read more.
Surrogacy and Baby-Selling in a Globalizing World: What's Next?
September 5, 2011 - 8:12pm (Print)
A well-known surrogacy attorney in California used her networks and well-financed practice to dupe families into paying over $100,000 for a child based on a fraudulent scenario. Basically, those looking to secure a child were told that a surrogacy arrangement had fallen apart—the intended parents backing out of the arrangement. This was false and a story constructed for fraud.
