This post was guest written by Brian Magruder. Photo from IMDb. The article I found is titled Jason's Story: 'All You Need Is Love' and it was written by actress Rhea Perlman. This article is about a man Perlman describes as a man in his 30s who had grown up in the Los Angeles County [...]
This guest blog post was written by Emma Siebold. The article, Split the Baby: Two Sides of an Adoption Battle, was published in the Minnesota City Pages newspaper on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 and written by Olivia LeVecchia. It discusses the court battle between the Grossners and Dunnings, two families fighting for custody of two [...]
The Health & Human Services Omnibus bill (H.F. 1233) in the Minnesota legislature has been slowly moving forward. Because the Senate and House did not agree on the bill text of H.F. 1233, there is a conference committee for the bill. This morning the HHS Conference Committee met from 8 AM to 10 AM and [...]
This guest post was written by Bahjo Mahamud. Rachel Zoll wrote the article Muslim Orphans Caught Between Islamic, Western Law, for the Associated Press. It was published in November of 2010. The article covers adoption from the Islamic perspective and the guidelines and procedures that are associated with adopting Muslim children in the Western world. [...]
This blog post was written by Kelly Pieper. The Family Reunification Act (HF704/SF422) is a bill currently being debated by Minnesota lawmakers that would give parents who had previously lost custodial rights a chance to be reunited with children. A recent news article written in late February by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reporter Sasha Aslanian, [...]
This guest post was written by Molly Lewis. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) posted an article to their website titled "How the Adoption Incentives Program Can Incentivize Adoptions." This article discusses a federal program called the Adoption Incentives Program, which began in 1997 under the Adoption and Safe Families Act. The author of [...]
This guest blog post was written by Nina Pena. This article voices and shares the strong desire to adopt a child and obtain a family. It gives details of the website, craigslist.org, and how it is allowing the solicitation of children. This is especially for parents who are trying to adopt. It explains that craigslist [...]
This guest blog post was written by Tenzin Dolkar. Gross , J. (2007). Gifts from ukraine. [ News Documentary]. The New York Times. The process of International adoption is long, emotional, complicated, and an arduous journey for most families who decides to adopt through this route. However, when the adoption is finalized and the parents [...]