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Haiti Slows Adoptions Amid Trafficking Fears

Prime minister will now personally approve transfer of any child

(Newser) - Haiti is dramatically slowing airlifts and adoption proceedings for Haitian orphans out of fear of human trafficking. Adoptions were fast-tracked after the recent quake to make room in orphanages, but now the government is concerned that children with living family may be sent abroad or scooped up by traffickers and...

Call to Halt Haiti Adoptions on Trafficking Fears

At least 15 children said to have disappeared from hospitals

(Newser) - The disappearance of 15 children from Haitian hospitals has prompted aid agencies to call for a halt on adoptions of Haitian orphans, warning that child traffickers flourish in such chaotic situations. Despite an outpouring of offers from would-be parents, and the tens of thousands of children in need—40,000...

Fast-Tracked Haitian Orphans Arrive in US

Paperwork cut as orphanages struggle to cope after quake

(Newser) - Small groups of Haitian orphans have already begun arriving in the US in recent days as authorities cut red tape for American families with pending adoptions. Haitian orphanages that were struggling to cope now face being completely overwhelmed with new arrivals, and US officials have sped up paperwork to place...

For US Adoptees Seeking Roots in China, Only Obstacles

Search for birth parents leaves many frustrated

(Newser) - For the US adoptive families who return to China in search of their children's birth parents, their travels often, and frustratingly, wind their way to dead ends. Adoptions in China remain defiantly closed and shrouded in mystery—the country prohibits the abandoning of children, so most babies are abandoned anonymously,...

20 Jolie-Style Moves That Need Your Partner's OK
 20 Jolie-Style Moves 
 That Need Your Partner's OK 
ADOPTING makes THE LIST
Nov 12, 2009 1:17 PM CST

20 Jolie-Style Moves That Need Your Partner's OK

Sorry, Angelina, but adopting without Brad Pitt's consent is bad

(Newser) - Inspired by Angelina Jolie’s rumored decision to adopt a seventh child without Brad Pitt’s consent, Kate Torgovnick of The Frisky runs down 20 things you should never do without talking to your partner first:
  • Get a vasectomy (here's looking at you, Spencer Pratt).
  • Start dating someone else.
  • "
...

Wife: Depression Ate German Keeper

Enke feared he'd lose adopted daughter before train suicide

(Newser) - The German soccer star who committed suicide yesterday by jumping in front of a train had battled depression for years, his wife said today, with Robert Enke fearing he could lose his newly adopted daughter because of his condition. “We thought we could cope with everything. We thought that...

Sans Brad, Angie Shops for Baby No. 7
 Sans Brad, Angie 
 Shops for Baby No. 7 
ALMOST OCTO-Jolie
Nov 11, 2009 1:01 PM CST

Sans Brad, Angie Shops for Baby No. 7

Jolie plans to adopt Syrian girl, while Pitt says hands full with 6

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is planning to adopt yet another child, this time a girl from Syria—whether Brad Pitt is on board or not. The actress hasn’t hidden her desire to have “more kids—one way or another,” though Pitt is reticent. “He has made it clear...

East Germany's First Lady Unrepentant
 East Germany's 
 First Lady 
 Unrepentant 
INTERVIEW
Nov 10, 2009 8:43 PM CST

East Germany's First Lady Unrepentant

Margot Honecker dismisses criticism over forced adoptions, GDR policies

(Newser) - The wife of former East German dictator Erich Honecker loses no sleep over the policies she and her husband championed, including one that forcibly placed children of dissidents into other families or foster homes. “We lived good lives in our GDR,” Margot Honecker tells the Independent . More than...

Katherine Heigl's Baby Debuts
 Katherine Heigl's Baby Debuts 
Sep 18, 2009 6:53 AM CDT

Katherine Heigl's Baby Debuts

Heigl, hubby, baby together, 'doing well'

(Newser) - Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley released the first photo of adopted daughter Naleigh, Us reports; the family is “together and doing well,” her rep says. The 10-month-old is named for Heigl’s mother, Nancy, and sister, Margaret Leigh, who was also adopted from Korea. “They are...

Elton John Can't Adopt: Ukraine
 Elton John Can't Adopt: Ukraine 
Sep 14, 2009 11:00 AM CDT

Elton John Can't Adopt: Ukraine

Singer too old, and country doesn't recognize his civil union

(Newser) - Elton John will not be able to adopt a 14-month-old Ukrainian child because the pop star is too old and isn't traditionally married, Ukraine's minister for family affairs says. The pop singer toured a hospital for HIV-infected children in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as part of a charity project and...

Guatemala Army Kidnapped, Sold 333 Children

Kids were adopted in US, Sweden, and Italy

(Newser) - The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children during the country’s 36-year civil war, selling them for adoption in countries including the US, Sweden, and Italy, says a new government report. In some cases, the children’s parents were killed. “This was a great abuse by the state,...

Heigl to Adopt Korean Baby Girl

10-month-old Nayleigh is from Korea

(Newser) - Grey's Anatomy star and negative-publicity magnet Katherine Heigl is adopting a special-needs Korean baby, RadarOnline reports. The baby's name is Naleigh, and she's 10 months old. The adoption has been in the works for months, and Heigl, whose sister Meg was also adopted from Korea, and hubby Josh Kelley are...

Uruguay Legalizes Gay Adoption
Uruguay Legalizes
Gay Adoption
Sep 10, 2009 1:48 AM CDT

Uruguay Legalizes Gay Adoption

First Latin American nation to let same-sex couples adopt

(Newser) - Uruguay's senate has approved the first law in Latin America allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, AFP reports. The bill, backed by leftist President Tabare Vazquez, passed despite fierce objections from the Catholic church and right-wing politicians. Uruguay, traditionally much more liberal than other countries in the region,...

2 Grilled in Murder of Parents Who Adopted Disabled

(Newser) - Police are interrogating two men they say were caught on videotape in the home invasion-murder of a wealthy Florida couple who adopted 12 children, several of them disabled, reports the Pensacola News Journal. Eight of the children of the murdered couple, Byrd and Melanie Billings, were home at the time...

African Adoption Without the Madonna Mess
African Adoption Without the Madonna Mess
OPINION
Jul 6, 2009 2:56 PM CDT

African Adoption Without the Madonna Mess

Other countries with real need also have effective systems

(Newser) - Madonna’s second adoption made other adoptive parents cringe, Bess Rattray writes for Vogue—not because the adoption itself was a bad idea, but because the media circus and the lack of “an established, transparent adoption system,” in Malawi made it look like baby stealing. Oh, and the...

Madonna's New Daughter Leaves Malawi

Private jet ferries Mercy to London

(Newser) - Madonna’s newly adopted daughter left Malawi for London yesterday on a plane owned by the pop singer, Access Hollywood reports. Chifundo “Mercy” James was accompanied on the flight by a nanny and child nurse, airport sources said, and should meet her new brothers and sisters—including David, also...

Madonna's Adoption Only Hurts Malawi
 Madonna's Adoption 
 Only Hurts Malawi 
OPINION
Jun 18, 2009 10:38 AM CDT

Madonna's Adoption Only Hurts Malawi

'Misguided' Material Mom should use international adoption as a 'last resort'

(Newser) - By adopting Mercy James, Madonna has actually endangered other Malawian orphans, writes Anna Feuchtwang in the Daily Mail. “Corrupt adoption agencies and child traffickers, newly alerted to the ease with which Malawian laws can be circumvented, are even now planning to target the country,” writes Feuchtwang, chief executive...

Madonna Introducing New Addition Mercy to Luxe Life

Orphan could jet to New York as early as this week

(Newser) - Mercy James is living the high life starting today. As Madonna’s lawyer prepares the adoption paperwork, the 4-year-old orphan will move into the singer’s luxury lodge in Malawi to be cared for by a nanny and nurse flown in from the US, the Mirror reports. She could leave...

Malawi Court Allows Madonna to Adopt Girl

Highest court grants permission to adopt

(Newser) - Malawi’s highest court ruled today that Madonna can adopt orphan Mercy James, the AP reports. The court, overturning a lower court’s rejection of the adoption bid, stated “every child has the right to love” and made the case that though the singer does not live in Malawi,...

Madonna Gets OK to Adopt Mercy

Convinces three judges to see things her way

(Newser) - Madonna is finally getting her Malawian daughter. The Material Girl will be allowed to adopt orphan Mercy James after convincing three appeals judges to recommend it, the Sun reports. “All recommendations are in favor of the adoption taking place,” a source said. “Mercy should start packing her...

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