Fairness in a World That Just Isn’t
A few weeks ago someone told me that they liked how my site remains honest and fairly free of commentary. How it is fair to the people in the media’s limelight. How I remain objective and show two sides of the story…how I can actually see how a mother would become frustrated with her child and need help.
But, you know what? I am a little fed up with it all. Okay, more than fed up with it all. I am tired of reading the Bull Shit stories about how fathers could relinquish their children or how Polygamists have hundreds …read more
Vietnam Halts US Adoptions
Vietnam has announced that it is halting all US adoptions after the charges made by the US Embassy several days ago. They will stop taking adoption applications from American families after July but they will continue to process applications and “matches” that have already been made.
“It is tragic for children that the U.S. government has not been able to find ways to work with the Vietnamese government to prevent adoption abuses while at the same time processing legitimate adoptions,” said Tom Atwood, president of the Washington-based National Council for Adoption, a research and advocacy organization.
“Many hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children …read more
Vietnam Corrupts Adoptions?
Apparently Vietnam has once again failed to police its adoption system (the US suspended adoptions in 2003). The US Embassy is reporting that Vietnam is “allowing” corruption, fraud, and baby-selling”.
The new report is a nine page report detailing brokers who “scour villages for babies, hospitals selling infants whose mothers cannot pay their bills, and a grandmother giving away her grandchild-without telling the child’s mother.”




