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me b zola

(19,053 posts)
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 08:48 AM Sep 2015

Uganda fears for children as overseas adoptions boom



Kampala (AFP) - Authorities in Uganda have raised fears that the east African nation's children are being left vulnerable to abuse and exploitation by a staggering increase in unchecked overseas adoptions.

An official report, details of which were published on Tuesday by the New Vision newspaper, said a boom in what it called the "international adoption industry" had led to some children who were not even orphans being taken into care for adoption or child sponsorship schemes.

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The report said the boom in adoptions had led to a "rapidly increasing number of baby and children homes", with more than 500 such institutions now operating in the country.

"These homes have been reported to be removing children from families and communities and placing them into institutional settings and gradually exploiting these children for economic reasons through child sponsorship schemes," it said.

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"The report fails to recognise the criminal, intimidating and unethical activities that are being carried out by lawyers, orphanages and adoption agencies to ensure that children continue to be made available for international adoption rather than be resettled with their own families or placed into families in-country," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-fears-children-overseas-adoptions-boom-160122097.html

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Uganda fears for children as overseas adoptions boom (Original Post) me b zola Sep 2015 OP
kick me b zola Sep 2015 #1
kicking me b zola Sep 2015 #2
kicking xmas74 Sep 2015 #3
kick me b zola Sep 2015 #4
This matters me b zola Sep 2015 #5
It does matter REP Sep 2015 #6
The "demand" for "completing our family" seems to be driving the "supply" of children me b zola Sep 2015 #7
Too much propaganda from the Baby Scoop Era REP Sep 2015 #8
K&R! This should be a great discussion riderinthestorm Sep 2015 #9
I'll give this a belated K&R. Too many people see these organizations as heroic, when in fact they StevieM Oct 2015 #10

me b zola

(19,053 posts)
2. kicking
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 08:27 AM
Sep 2015

...because surely progressive and liberal minded people care about poor people in developing nations being exploited.

REP

(21,691 posts)
6. It does matter
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 06:45 PM
Sep 2015

Another poor country, where it will be almost impossible for parents to fight to get their children back.

When there is danger to a child, and there is no family that is able or safe to take that child in, adoption can be a wonderful blessing to the child and adoptive parents. It should always be undertaken as "what is best for this child?" not "how much money can be made out of the suffering of others?"

me b zola

(19,053 posts)
7. The "demand" for "completing our family" seems to be driving the "supply" of children
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:36 PM
Sep 2015

Nations who are corrupt and/or have not signed on the the Geneva Convention's 'Rights of a Child' see nothing but $$ signs when it comes to impoverished family's young children. When you hear about someone trying to "ease the restrictions on adoptions", what they want is the ability for "black market babies" to be able to be washed with the stamp of legitimacy from the government of a "legal" adoption.

I can not begin to understand how progressives are not up in arms over this clear exploitation of poor families to big moneyed interest. Argh!

Thank you for caring, thank you for posting.

REP

(21,691 posts)
8. Too much propaganda from the Baby Scoop Era
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:30 PM
Sep 2015

Any criticism of the adoption industry is too often seen as a criticism of adoptive parents or even adoptees. While there is a small subset of adoptive parents (I'm thinking of fundamentalists who adopt, abuse and "trade" children out of a religious zeal) who are worthy of criticism, the adoption industry created those situations.

The old idea of adoption as somehow shameful or lesser is a good one to be free of, but the new one of a baby at any cost needs to be rethought. It harms so many people.

StevieM

(10,499 posts)
10. I'll give this a belated K&R. Too many people see these organizations as heroic, when in fact they
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 02:42 AM
Oct 2015

go against everything a civilized society should stand for. They certainly go against the values that liberals are supposed to hold. But way too many progressives have bought into the the adoption industry propaganda.

If the American people only knew....

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