Domestic Adoptions News for 05/16/2009



BLM official optimistic for Utah's wild horse adoptions (ABC 4 Salt Lake City)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - There are early signs that a lagging adoption program for wild horses in Utah may be picking up again...

A look at adoptions to the United States - San Francisco Chronicle

A look at adoptions to the United States
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
By AP In the 2008 fiscal year, 17438 children in foreign countries were adopted by US citizens and taken to the United States. Here are the figures for some individual countries that year: You Dirty Kids! You! With your filthy "sexting" and alarming .
Costs for keeping a chimp San Francisco Chronicle
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Union of Catholic Asian News » News Archive » Church domestic .
SEOUL (UCAN) -- More foreigners than Koreans adopted babies from the country when the Holy Family Child Adoption Center, the first to focus exclusively on domestic adoptions, began its work 20 years ago. ...

Legalizing gay marriage will make the children proud - New York Daily News

Legalizing gay marriage will make the children proud
New York Daily News, NY
To conclude otherwise would ignore the thousands of same-sex couples who have formed families through adoption. In my nearly 20 years of working as a law assistant in Family Court, I have seen adoptions by gay and lesbian couples grow from a novelty .
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Fla. Must Recognize Gay Adoptions, Court Rules - Courthouse News Service

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Fla. Must Recognize Gay Adoptions, Court Rules
Courthouse News Service, CA
The trial court ruled for Ryan, based on Florida's prohibition on same-sex couple adoptions. However, Judge Whatley of the Lakeland-based appeals court reversed the decision, citing the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution. .
EDITORIAL: Adopting the right attitude Palm Beach Post
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Washington Times Examines Decline In Domestic Adoptions
The Washington Times on Sunday examined why fewer unmarried women in the US are putting their infants up for adoption following unplanned pregnancies...

BLM official optimistic for Utah's horse adoptions (KFDA-TV Amarillo)
Associated Press - May 15, 2009 4:45 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A lagging adoption program for wild horses in Utah and elsewhere may be picking up...

Adoption: Ideology and Reality - New York Times

New York Times
Adoption: Ideology and Reality
New York Times, United States
In our discussion about international adoptions, we received numerous comments from readers who shared their stories on the choices they made and the difficulties they've encountered. Below are excerpts of their comments. I am a Korean-American adoptee .
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Adoption: how we afforded it | Owlhaven
In Canada, all domestic adoptions through the foster care system are fully funded - in fact we were paid to foster our children for the first few months. We were blessed with two children, aged 2 years and 9 months, full siblings who ...

No end in sight « Holt baby
The domestic adoptions will continue to exceed international adoptions by a slim margin. However, the end to international adoption will remain only a topic of discussion because sources tell me that a back room quota system is in play, ...

Court: Florida must recognize states' gay adoptions (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Florida must recognize gay couples' adoptions that were granted in other states even though its laws bar granting such adoptions, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday...

I wanted to point out a few facts on domestic adoptions
For many parents who adopt money is not the reason they do not adopt in the states.. did you know in fact that many african american babies are being adopted overseas as well FROM the US? Overseas adoptions are not as tough (don't get ...

U.S. couple on trial in Egypt adoptions (Denver Post)
An American couple, Iris Botros and Louis Andros, thought they were finally reaching their dream of having a child when they came to Botros' homeland, Egypt, to adopt twin orphans...

Judge finalizes 12 adoptions in court - News14.com

News14.com
Judge finalizes 12 adoptions in court
News14.com, NC
CHARLOTTE EUR Chief District Court Judge Lisa Bell was on hand Friday as 12 adoptions were finalized. Since National Adoption Day is in November, the first ever spring ceremony allowed new parents who file between December and August to have their .
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Domestic Korean Adoptions Increase
More and more there seems to be growing support in Korea, for domestic adoptions. Korea has seen a dramatic increase of domestic adoptions, now a little over double the number of adoptions in the past 10 years. The Korean government has ...

Louisiana Moves to Limit Gay Adoptions (The Advocate)
The Louisiana house voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to pass a bill that would prohibit the issuance of birth certificates that list the names of two unmarried parents who adopt a Louisiana-born child in another state...

Court: Florida must recognize other states' gay adoptions (The News Herald)
LAKELAND EUR” Florida must recognize gay couples' adoptions that were granted in other states even though its laws bar granting such adoptions, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday. A trial court erred when it wouldn't recognize a former lesbian..

Lincoln Center goes to the dogs (12:00 p.m.) (The Stockton Record)
When Jackie Ronzone organized the Discovery Shops first Bow Wow Meow pet adoptions in 2007 it was because she understood the healing power of pets...

L.A. Animal Services to increase fees - Los Angeles Times

L.A. Animal Services to increase fees
Los Angeles Times, CA
The City Council on Friday approved an ordinance that would allow Animal Services to increase fees for services such as pet adoptions and breeding permits. The new fees are set to begin at the end of June or July, after approval from the mayor, .
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Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World - Room for Debate Blog .
In placement decisions for domestic adoptions in the United States, race and ethnicity are still prominent. Obsession with the race of the prospective caregiver is understandable, given the painful history of blacks' oppression in this ...

Washington Times Examines Decline In Domestic Adoptions (source .
The Washington Times on Sunday examined why fewer unmarried women in the US are putting their infants up for adoption following unplanned pregnancies. (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com...

Korean intercountry adoptees support birth mother's rights in .
In 2008, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family announced that domestic adoptions had surpassed international adoptions for the first time with 1288 domestic adoptions and 1264 international adoptions. According to the Truth and ...

BLM official optimistic for Utah's horse adoptions (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
SALT LAKE CITY -- There are early signs that a lagging adoption program for wild horses in Utah and elsewhere may be picking up again. The number of adoptions so far this fiscal...

International vs. Domestic AdoptionEUR¦ | Pirates! Man Your Women!
Soronen believes that misconceptions about the well-being of the children, and the time and cost involved in domestic adoptions, may lead prospective parents to look overseas first. Promoting domestic children.. this part sounds more ...

Louisiana Moves to Limit Gay Adoptions - Advocate.com

Louisiana Moves to Limit Gay Adoptions
Advocate.com, CA
Critics say the legislation reflects stealth anti-gay measures such as Act 1, the adoption ban that Arkansas voters passed in November. While not specifically mentioning gay couples, Act 1 outlaws adoptions by unmarried couples, effectively precluding .
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Wild Horse Adoptions Up - KCPW

Wild Horse Adoptions Up
KCPW, UT
(KCPW News) The Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro adoptions nearly doubled this year over last year's disappointing numbers. BLM wild horse and burrow program director Gus Warr says Utah's economy is to thank for the nearly 62 percent .
BLM official optimistic for Utah's horse adoptions Dallas Morning News
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Court: Florida must recognize out-of-state gay adoptions (WTSP-TV Tampa)
A Florida appeals court has reversed a lower court decision, ruling the state must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states...

A look at adoptions to the United States (AP via Yahoo! News)
In the 2008 fiscal year, 17,438 children in foreign countries were adopted by U.S. citizens and taken to the United States. Here are the figures for some individual countries that year:..

Adoption charity apologises for use of word 'retarded' - guardian.co.uk

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Adoption charity apologises for use of word 'retarded'
guardian.co.uk, UK
The UK's leading adoption charity has been forced to apologise for using the word "retarded" in its guide to adoption for gay couples. The Pink Guide to Adoption for Lesbians and Gay Men, brought out by the British Association for Adoption and .
Adoption charity removes 'retarded homophobes' slur Telegraph.co.uk
Slurred by the adoption Nazis: Critics of gay parenting are . Daily Mail
How to screw up adoptions Daily Mail - Charleston
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Has Our Nation's Economic Decline Affected Pet Adoption? - The Coloradoan

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Has Our Nation's Economic Decline Affected Pet Adoption?
The Coloradoan, CO
To discover what effect the Fort Collins area economy has had on pet adoptions and surrenders I turned to Cary Rentola, Marketing, Community Relations and Volunteer Program Manager of the Larimer Humane Society. "The economic challenges facing our .
Humane shelter still without power The Southern
Murphy to lead humane society Clanton Advertiser
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