<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:17:37 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:17:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Cover-Up Claim Over 'Stolen' Child's Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/cover-up-claim-over-stolen-childs-adoption</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/cover-up-claim-over-stolen-childs-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The two-year-old Chennai girl was allegedly kidnapped in 2000 and sold to an Indian adoption company, Malaysian Social Services, as part of a child-trafficking scam that is now under investigation...]]></description></item><item><title>Blending Race, Biology, Adoption Presents Balancing Act for Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/blending-race-biology-adoption-presents-balancing-act-for-parents</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/blending-race-biology-adoption-presents-balancing-act-for-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Brad and Angelina, meet the Remillards and the Sears. They don't have your millions, or your chateau in France, but their families represent a delicious palette, just like yours. They're among the...]]></description></item><item><title>Missing Girl's Grandmother Stopped Adoption Plans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/missing-girls-grandmother-stopped-adoption-plans</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/missing-girls-grandmother-stopped-adoption-plans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Documents released last week by prosecutors in the Caylee Anthony case show that then 19-year-old Casey Anthony wanted to put her unborn child up for adoption, but that her own mother...]]></description></item><item><title>Files Untangle Tales from Missing Fla. Girl's Mom</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/files-untangle-tales-from-missing-fla-girls-mom</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/files-untangle-tales-from-missing-fla-girls-mom</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Casey Anthony tried to give her missing 3-year-old daughter up for adoption before she was born, but her mother wouldn't let her, according to legal documents that paint the 22-year-old Florida...]]></description></item><item><title>Married Moms and Dads -- What a Novel Concept</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/married-moms-and-dads-what-a-novel-concept</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/married-moms-and-dads-what-a-novel-concept</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Family Council Action Committee submitted more than 85,000 valid signatures of registered voters; only 62,000 were needed to get the measure on the November ballot. Jerry Cox heads...]]></description></item><item><title>Ohio Adoption Agency Penalized</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ohio-adoption-agency-penalized</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ohio-adoption-agency-penalized</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An Akron-area adoption agency that neglected to document background checks will no longer be permitted to take custody of new children from birth mothers, state officials said....]]></description></item><item><title>A Good Find: GPS to Locate the Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/a-good-find-gps-to-locate-the-kids</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/a-good-find-gps-to-locate-the-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As cell phones move into younger hands, various GPS locator services are being used by parents to follow those hands as children go from home to school, or to friends’ houses or after-class programs....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption 101 from a Family with 6 Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-101-from-a-family-with-6-kids</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-101-from-a-family-with-6-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The truth is adoption is a beautiful synthesis of both the painfully difficult and the effortlessly easy. As in any type of parenting, on the days when it's hard, it's overwhelming, and on...]]></description></item><item><title>Exam Ordered Ahead of Plea</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/exam-ordered-ahead-of-plea</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/exam-ordered-ahead-of-plea</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Family Court judge Monday ordered that a mother charged with abusing her 11-year-old adoptive son get a psychological evaluation before the court will allow her to enter a guilty plea....]]></description></item><item><title>Lacson Pushes Bills for Children’s Rights</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/-4802</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/-4802</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Rep. Jose Carlos Lacson (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) yesterday said he has filed three bills aimed at boosting the rights and opportunities of Filipino children. House Bill 30 seeks to establish...]]></description></item><item><title>Peeping in Bedrooms</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/peeping-in-bedrooms</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/peeping-in-bedrooms</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[If there's a place the government does not belong, it's in the bedroom. If there's a business the government should not be in, it's keeping track of who has sex with whom. But that's the...]]></description></item><item><title>Fashion Show to Help Kids Without Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fashion-show-to-help-kids-without-parents</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fashion-show-to-help-kids-without-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA["Aqueelah is an engaging 15-year-old who likes music and dancing," reads the sign below the framed photograph. But like the other 19 kids whose pictures are exhibited at the Wilton...]]></description></item><item><title>Safe Haven for Teens</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/safe-haven-for-teens</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/safe-haven-for-teens</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Both of our children and all three of our grandchildren were with us yesterday afternoon, which set me thinking about the Nebraska "safe haven" law. If you haven't heard about it...]]></description></item><item><title>Group Seeks More Foster Homes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/group-seeks-more-foster-homes</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/group-seeks-more-foster-homes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Just a few weeks ago, Whitfield County had 231 children needing foster homes but only 28 homes to place them in, says Jason Yarbrough, a member of the Whitfield County Foster Recruitment Committee....]]></description></item><item><title>Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Named 2008 Shining Star</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/dave-thomas-foundation-for-adoption-named-2008-shining-star</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/dave-thomas-foundation-for-adoption-named-2008-shining-star</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Congressional Quarterly and The Creative Coalition will honor the Foundation at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions on days dedicated to securing America's future...]]></description></item><item><title>Child Trafficking Allegations Hit Qld</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/child-trafficking-allegations-hit-qld</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/child-trafficking-allegations-hit-qld</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Queensland government will assist authorities investigating claims poor Indian children have been kidnapped and adopted out to Australian families. More than a dozen attractive children kidnapped...]]></description></item><item><title>Two Honored as 'Angels of Adoption' by Congress</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/two-honored-as-angels-of-adoption-by-congress</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/two-honored-as-angels-of-adoption-by-congress</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Sandy Pratt and Kristi Jones of Monroe created the northeastern Louisiana Heart Gallery, a mobile portrait display of children who need permanent homes, they hoped their project would...]]></description></item><item><title>Children's Trust Heart Gallery - Leeza</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/childrens-trust-heart-gallery-leeza</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/childrens-trust-heart-gallery-leeza</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As part of CBS4's series on some very special children hoping to be adopted - Shannon Hori would like you to meet Leeza from the Children's Trust Miami Heart Gallery. 14-year old Leeza, who...]]></description></item><item><title>Court Cannot Cure Defects in Adoption Procedure</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/court-cannot-cure-defects-in-adoption-procedure</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/court-cannot-cure-defects-in-adoption-procedure</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Flaws in an adoption panel’s decision-making process could not be cured by a subsequent hearing in court. The Court of Appeal so held in a reserved judgment in allowing an appeal brought...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoptions Decline in United States as Abortions Rise Following Roe v. Wade</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoptions-decline-in-united-states-as-abortions-rise-following-roe-v-wade</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoptions-decline-in-united-states-as-abortions-rise-following-roe-v-wade</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Roe v. Wade case allowing virtually unlimited abortions, pro-life advocates talked of a slippery slope. They said the decision...]]></description></item><item><title>Using the Power of Photos for Good</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/using-the-power-of-photos-for-good</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/using-the-power-of-photos-for-good</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Finding foster homes for New York City’s older children is far more difficult than finding placement for younger children or babies. In an effort to tackle this problem and show potential...]]></description></item><item><title>'Baby Hope' Could Be Discharged from Hospital Soon</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/baby-hope-could-be-discharged-from-hospital-soon</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/baby-hope-could-be-discharged-from-hospital-soon</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The days-old infant abandoned in a tote bag on a Hempstead Village street corner could be discharged soon from the hospital to the custody of a foster family, authorities said....]]></description></item><item><title>Changes Needed in Child Agency</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/changes-needed-in-child-agency</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/changes-needed-in-child-agency</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Two General Assembly committees plan to conduct joint hearings next month into the state Department of Children and Families. This may be the time for lawmakers to begin thinking...]]></description></item><item><title>Tournament Raises Awareness</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/tournament-raises-awareness</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/tournament-raises-awareness</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With a lot of prayer and a desire to make a difference, Laura and Matt Holmquist of Wahpeton decided to adopt a child. They began by seeking to adopt out of the United States. When the adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Information Sought on Baby Abandoned in Hempstead</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/information-sought-on-baby-abandoned-in-hempstead</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/information-sought-on-baby-abandoned-in-hempstead</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[She still had the umbilical cord attached when cops found her on the street, stuffed in a tote bag. They're calling her Baby Hope. Now, the infant, found abandoned at Clinton Street...]]></description></item><item><title>Big Bribes Key to US Baby-Buying</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/big-bribes-key-to-us-baby-buying</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/big-bribes-key-to-us-baby-buying</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[American agencies facilitating adoptions from Cambodia must pay thousands of dollars to Government officials to expedite the approval of their clients' paperwork. A source with intimate...]]></description></item><item><title>US Candidates Spar on Abortion</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/us-candidates-spar-on-abortion</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/us-candidates-spar-on-abortion</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain have differed on abortion, with Senator McCain saying a baby's human rights begin ''at conception'' and Senator Obama restating his support...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting Domestically Can Lower Hurdles to Claiming Tax Credit</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adopting-domestically-can-lower-hurdles-to-claiming-tax-credit</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adopting-domestically-can-lower-hurdles-to-claiming-tax-credit</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Imagine spending the equivalent of a year's tuition at a private college before your child is a year old. That's the prospect facing many parents who apply to adopt a child from overseas. The cost of an...]]></description></item><item><title>New Report Reveals Surprising Facts About Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/new-report-reveals-surprising-facts-about-adoption</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/new-report-reveals-surprising-facts-about-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[We probably all know someone who is adopted or has adopted, making it seem like a commonplace occurrence. But in fact, adopting a child has been and remains a relatively rare event in the...]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoptions to U.S. Declining</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/international-adoptions-to-us-declining</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/international-adoptions-to-us-declining</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The number of international adoptions bringing children into the United States is on the decline thanks to domestic efforts abroad, officials say. Michele Bond, the U.S. State Department's...]]></description></item><item><title>Kids Statues Made by Community to Benefit Voices for Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/kids-statues-made-by-community-to-benefit-voices-for-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/kids-statues-made-by-community-to-benefit-voices-for-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[This isn’t the latest toy to hit the scene or something out of science fiction. Carroll’s Kids is a fundraiser for Voices for Children of Carroll County, a nonprofit advocate for abused...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption's New Face</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoptions-new-face</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoptions-new-face</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Here they are, playing together in the basement of Grant and Susan Grebner's Washburn home. Meet Collin, a precocious, inquisitive, 4-year-old, rock-collecting NASCAR fan. There's Jac...]]></description></item><item><title>Nebraska Enacts Unique Safe Haven Law</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/nebraska-enacts-unique-safe-haven-law</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/nebraska-enacts-unique-safe-haven-law</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Nebraska this year became the last state in the nation to pass a so-called "safe haven" law designed to protect unwanted infants by allowing parents to legally surrender them at a hospital....]]></description></item><item><title>Fight against Human Trafficking</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fight-against-human-trafficking</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fight-against-human-trafficking</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[About six years ago, a middle aged woman, Sara Okoya, was brought before the Edo State High Court, Benin City. She was charged for procuring and organising foreign travel for three girls from Uromi...]]></description></item><item><title>Ukrainian Orphans Come to North Texas with Adoption Hopes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ukrainian-orphans-come-to-north-texas-with-adoption-hopes</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ukrainian-orphans-come-to-north-texas-with-adoption-hopes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[They're cute, curious kids - Ukrainian orphans on vacation in America, with the distinct possibility of becoming American. "There were two little girls, who we were to choose between....]]></description></item><item><title>Boyce Student Uses Artwork to Promote Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/boyce-student-uses-artwork-to-promote-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/boyce-student-uses-artwork-to-promote-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Many children are known for their drawing prowess. Nearly all parents could recall a time when they discovered a mural constructed by their child with red, yellow and blue crayon on a bedroom wall....]]></description></item><item><title>Children of Unknown Parentage</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/children-of-unknown-parentage</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/children-of-unknown-parentage</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It was not until last year that Ahmed realized, after 25 years, that he is of unknown parentage. This fact shocked Ahmed, erasing all of his past comforts and putting him at the beginning...]]></description></item><item><title>Advocates Hope Billboards Build Awareness</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/advocates-hope-billboards-build-awareness</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/advocates-hope-billboards-build-awareness</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Family. It’s all about LOVE! That’s the slogan you’ll read on a brand-new digital billboard on eastbound 794 in Milwaukee. Similar ads will pop up around town, including at bus shelters...]]></description></item><item><title>Young Abuse Survivor Learns to Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/young-abuse-survivor-learns-to-love</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/young-abuse-survivor-learns-to-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Domestic violence took the lives of 75 men, women and children in Indiana last year. Some children survive the violence, but they have lifelong injuries. Nine-year-old Sadie seems...]]></description></item><item><title>Cuts in Foreign Adoptions Causing Anxiety in USA</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/cuts-in-foreign-adoptions-causing-anxiety-in-usa</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/cuts-in-foreign-adoptions-causing-anxiety-in-usa</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jodi Markoff vividly recalls the day she met 5-year-old Phan in a rural Vietnamese orphanage last April. The girl looked terrified. Markoff gave her a book she had made about her family in Manhattan....]]></description></item><item><title>Andrews Signals Referendum on Children's Rights Unlikely</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/andrews-signals-referendum-on-childrens-rights-unlikely</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/andrews-signals-referendum-on-childrens-rights-unlikely</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Minister for Children Barry Andrews has signalled that the Government may introduce new laws to strengthen child protection and boost children's rights as an alternative to holding a...]]></description></item><item><title>A Giant Leap for Little Thembinkosi</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/a-giant-leap-for-little-thembinkosi</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/a-giant-leap-for-little-thembinkosi</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Thembinkosi Matshimane was turned away at a state hospital, surgeons at Wilgers Hospital have given him a chance to lead a more normal life. On Monday morning, just a few days before his birthday...]]></description></item><item><title>Role and Process of the Adoption Panel</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/role-and-process-of-the-adoption-panel</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/role-and-process-of-the-adoption-panel</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeal has been kept busy in recent months with cases which are important in clarifying areas of doubt about the way in which adoption decisions should be...]]></description></item><item><title>Tax Credit, Exclusion Available for Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/tax-credit-exclusion-available-for-adoptions</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/tax-credit-exclusion-available-for-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[We are in the process of adopting a child this year, which is an exciting but costly process. What tax deductions are available for adoption expenses? A: Two tax benefits are...]]></description></item><item><title>Common Misconceptions Debunked</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/common-misconceptions-debunked</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/common-misconceptions-debunked</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Recently, Gov. Charlie Crist and Lieutenant Gov. Jeff Kottkamp rolled out a new campaign, "Explore Adoption," encouraging Floridians to consider public adoption. Understanding the...]]></description></item><item><title>Kids Waiting to Be Adopted Rarely Make the Front Page</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/kids-waiting-to-be-adopted-rarely-make-the-front-page</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/kids-waiting-to-be-adopted-rarely-make-the-front-page</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The clichéd phrase that "children are our future" has never been more accurate. Facing the unknown, it is our children who will pave the way into the future and will take care of us when we are old....]]></description></item><item><title>Governor Blunt Signs Adoption Law</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/governor-blunt-signs-adoption-law</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/governor-blunt-signs-adoption-law</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A visit to boys and girls town in Springfield this week for Governor Blunt. While in town, the governor ceremonially signed a bill that will make it easier for adoptive parents to get...]]></description></item><item><title>Surprises in First Adoption Survey to Include Men</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/surprises-in-first-adoption-survey-to-include-men</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/surprises-in-first-adoption-survey-to-include-men</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings: Minority women are trying to adopt at a higher rate than white women....]]></description></item><item><title>Wisconsin Adooptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/wisconsin-adooptions</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/wisconsin-adooptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Every day there are about a hundred kids in Wisconsin who are hoping for a permanent home, and a permanent family.  They are in the foster care system, and on the average they will each...]]></description></item><item><title>Our Tragedy and God's Love for Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/our-tragedy-and-gods-love-for-orphans</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/our-tragedy-and-gods-love-for-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[According to UNICEF, there are 143 million children in the world who have lost one or both parents. In America alone, there are half a million children in foster care, and approximately...]]></description></item><item><title>Babies for Sale -- White, Black, Red</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/babies-for-sale-white-black-red</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/babies-for-sale-white-black-red</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In 2004, over one million Americans opted for some kind of fertility treatment. The fertility industry has grown from a curious novelty to a $3 billion a year business. It is one of the...]]></description></item><item><title>Angels in August to Honor Foster, Adoptive Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/angels-in-august-to-honor-foster-adoptive-children</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/angels-in-august-to-honor-foster-adoptive-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[KJ's Carts for Kids will be holding their fourth annual celebration, Angels In August, honoring Nebraska and Iowa's foster/adoptive children on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. at The DIGZ Omaha...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman, 88, Honored With Jefferson Award</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/woman-88-honored-with-jefferson-award</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/woman-88-honored-with-jefferson-award</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A woman who devotes her time and energy to those who need her most is this month's Jefferson Award, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. Her northwest Houston home is an oasis for the elderly....]]></description></item><item><title>Understanding Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/understanding-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/understanding-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[How is a family created? Often, we think of families being made when a woman gives birth to a child. But adoption is another way families are created. Adoption means a legal process that allows...]]></description></item><item><title>Little Girl and a Courageous Woman Changed the World</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/little-girl-and-a-courageous-woman-changed-the-world</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/little-girl-and-a-courageous-woman-changed-the-world</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Nine-year-old Kenny Lajoy did a huge cannon ball jump into the water with a big smile on his face. He seemed fearless. His mom, Cindy, reminded him to grab the floating noodle and...]]></description></item><item><title>Law, Organization Offers Haven for New Babies</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/law-organization-offers-haven-for-new-babies</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/law-organization-offers-haven-for-new-babies</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Between 1997 and 1999, 32 to 34 babies were found abandoned every year, according to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Dawn Geras, founder of the Save Abandoned Babies...]]></description></item><item><title>Kidsave International Program Gives Orphans Hope</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/kidsave-international-program-gives-orphans-hope</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/kidsave-international-program-gives-orphans-hope</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Nine-year-old Isaac is an orphan from Colombia. He doesn't speak English and is in a strange, new country, living in a big house with a family he met about four weeks ago. Yet Isaac is grinning...]]></description></item><item><title>Powell to Speak About How Adoption Changed Life</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/powell-to-speak-about-how-adoption-changed-life</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/powell-to-speak-about-how-adoption-changed-life</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In its 54-year history, the Children's Home of Lubbock has finalized 750 adoptions, and will celebrate that milestone at 2 p.m. Saturday with an open invitation for adoption families to attend....]]></description></item><item><title>For The Love of a Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/for-the-love-of-a-child</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/for-the-love-of-a-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The love of a child is something that blesses many homes. So many couples automatically assume the birth of a child — and watching that child grow up into adulthood — is pretty much a...]]></description></item><item><title>CASA to Offer Training for New Advocates in August</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/casa-to-offer-training-for-new-advocates-in-august</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/casa-to-offer-training-for-new-advocates-in-august</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Madison County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is looking for new volunteers for the next training class. These training sessions will be from...]]></description></item><item><title>Will County Judge Denies Visitation to Crete Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/will-county-judge-denies-visitation-to-crete-parents</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/will-county-judge-denies-visitation-to-crete-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[One arm is in a sling, and white scar tissue has formed like cuffs around the 16-year-old's wrists from where he was bound. His face is scarred, arms gaunt and eyes dark and sullen....]]></description></item><item><title>At Least 22,000 Canadian Children Need Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/at-least-22-000-canadian-children-need-parents</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/at-least-22-000-canadian-children-need-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[At least 22,000 children across the country are waiting to be adopted by loving parents, but many Canadians are choosing to adopt overseas instead. "There are 76,000 children in child welfare...]]></description></item><item><title>O'Briens Gearing Up For Special 'Family Night'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/obriens-gearing-up-for-special-family-night</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/obriens-gearing-up-for-special-family-night</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For Lori and Daniel O'Brien of Brookfield, Wis., being able to attend Family Night at Lambeau Field with their seven children is a dream come true. That is only half the story for this family...]]></description></item><item><title>DCF Deserves Kudos for Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/dcf-deserves-kudos-for-adoptions</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/dcf-deserves-kudos-for-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For many years in some circles, the Department of Children and Families and its predecessor, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, were known as family-unfriendly....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoptions Caught in Hunt for Baby Traders</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoptions-caught-in-hunt-for-baby-traders</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoptions-caught-in-hunt-for-baby-traders</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Then one day she saw her, in the arms of a foster mother helping process her adoption by an American couple: a straight-haired toddler who appeared to be a stranger, except for...]]></description></item><item><title>Florida Sets Adoption Record</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/florida-sets-adoption-record</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/florida-sets-adoption-record</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Department of Children and Families celebrated a record year for public adoptions Thursday. DCF Secretary Bob Butterworth said the state is running a massive advertising and public-outreach...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Day Finally Arrives</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-day-finally-arrives</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-day-finally-arrives</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[There were times when Brittney Bergeron Himel thought the day would never come. With a biological mother fighting for her custody and a Family Court judge pushing for family reunification...]]></description></item><item><title>Florida-Based Adoption Center Opens Satellite Office Here</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/florida-based-adoption-center-opens-satellite-office-here</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/florida-based-adoption-center-opens-satellite-office-here</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options, a 15-year-old nonprofit child-welfare agency based in South Florida, recently opened a satellite development office in Philadelphia. Its goal, noted...]]></description></item><item><title>Ex-Official Pleads Guilty in Fraud at Welfare Agency</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ex-official-pleads-guilty-in-fraud-at-welfare-agency</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ex-official-pleads-guilty-in-fraud-at-welfare-agency</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A former official of New York City’s child welfare agency pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges including embezzlement, fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors have said he took part in schemes to...]]></description></item><item><title>Fake Pregnancy Arrest: Couple Speaks</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fake-pregnancy-arrest-couple-speaks</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fake-pregnancy-arrest-couple-speaks</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Collier deputies arrest a woman accused of faking her pregnancy in order to get thousands of dollars through a local adoption agency. Stephanie Blume, 23, of Naples, was arrested Wednesday and...]]></description></item><item><title>Lynne Sipiora of McKinney: My Best Story</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/lynne-sipiora-of-mckinney-my-best-story</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/lynne-sipiora-of-mckinney-my-best-story</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me, even for 15 minutes, knows I am a storyteller. There are many reasons for this, but that's not my best story. My best story is how I became the mother of four children...]]></description></item><item><title>Florida Record Number of Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/florida-record-number-of-adoptions</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/florida-record-number-of-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Department of Children and Families announced a record number of adoptions today — 3,674 — in the past fiscal year. DCF Secretary Bob Butterworth and Jim Kallinger, the state's chief...]]></description></item><item><title>Markets Where Babies are Sold as Commodities</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/markets-where-babies-are-sold-as-commodities</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/markets-where-babies-are-sold-as-commodities</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In this report, Niyi Odebode, Adelani Adepegba and Ademola Oni explain how many private maternity centres and hospitals are being used as markets where babies are traded like common commodities....]]></description></item><item><title>Boyfriend's Adoption Was a 30-Year Secret</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/boyfriends-adoption-was-a-30-year-secret</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/boyfriends-adoption-was-a-30-year-secret</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Are you aware that most of us who have bought passes (ranging from $115 to almost $1,000) to attend programs at the highly-acclaimed Aspen Music Festival must go to the box office at Harris Hall...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption into the Family of God</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-into-the-family-of-god</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-into-the-family-of-god</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On the introduction to the Dr. Phil show, there is a clip of him telling a guest, “This is going to be a changing day in your life.” I started thinking about changing days recently, when I read this...]]></description></item><item><title>Two Child Service Agencies Announce Merger</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/two-child-service-agencies-announce-merger</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/two-child-service-agencies-announce-merger</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Two nonprofit child services organizations, Family & Children First and Family Place, on Monday announced merger plans. Officials at the two Louisville-based organizations said the...]]></description></item><item><title>DCF to Release Total Adoption Numbers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/dcf-to-release-total-adoption-numbers</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/dcf-to-release-total-adoption-numbers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Department of Children & Families will release the final number of adoptions achieved in Florida this year. Secretary Bob Butterworth is expected to make the announcement in Tallahassee...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption to Take Center Stage at Grove</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-to-take-center-stage-at-grove</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-to-take-center-stage-at-grove</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For a while on Friday night, sprint car drivers at Williams Grove Speedway will change their focus. They won't be concentrating on starting spots, tire selection or track conditions....]]></description></item><item><title>TX Church Believes Christians Should Adopt</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/tx-church-believes-christians-should-adopt</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/tx-church-believes-christians-should-adopt</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Possum Trot, Texas isn't even a dot on the map. It's hidden from the world in the piney woods of rural East Texas. But it is where one church is saving children through adoption and God's love....]]></description></item><item><title>82% of Utah Families Are Married</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/82-of-utah-families-are-married</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/82-of-utah-families-are-married</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[More than two-thirds of the nation's 73.7 million children lived with married parents in 2007, a new census report says. And just over one-in-four children lived with a single parent....]]></description></item><item><title>The Price of Adopting a Son</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/the-price-of-adopting-a-son</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/the-price-of-adopting-a-son</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Residents of a Johar Town street are still waiting for Mrs Manzoor, an over 70 years old woman who silently slipped out of her house one day, leaving no trace behind to find her....]]></description></item><item><title>So Close, But Still Half a World Away</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/so-close-but-still-half-a-world-away</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/so-close-but-still-half-a-world-away</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Families can be created in many ways; some through marriage, others through circumstance or friendship. But some families are formed because people fight for them. The Wisharts have been fighting...]]></description></item><item><title>Human Life is Sacred</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/human-life-is-sacred</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/human-life-is-sacred</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When referral was made to "a gathering of cells" as a description of the formation of human life, it really upset me. It makes us (human beings) sound so insignificant. Where is the miracle...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Error Row</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-error-row</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/adoption-error-row</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Neath Port Talbot Council has admitted it made a “serious error” when placing a four-year-old boy for adoption. The council’s Adoption Panel recommended the boy, who cannot be identified...]]></description></item><item><title>More Adoptive Children Seeking Help at Private Schools</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/more-adoptive-children-seeking-help-at-private-schools</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/more-adoptive-children-seeking-help-at-private-schools</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Crossroads, a small, private school near the Galleria, serves students with dyslexia, attention-deficit disorder and a handful of other learning disabilities. It's no coincidence, experts...]]></description></item><item><title>The Legal Road to Adoption is a Specific But Rewarding Journey</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/the-legal-road-to-adoption-is-a-specific-but-rewarding-journey</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/the-legal-road-to-adoption-is-a-specific-but-rewarding-journey</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Recently Gov. Charlie Crist and Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp rolled out a new campaign, "Explore Adoption," encouraging Floridians to consider public adoption. I applaud their vision and commitment to helping...]]></description></item><item><title>Lawmakers Back Bid to Join Hague Adoption Convention</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/lawmakers-back-bid-to-join-hague-adoption-convention</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/lawmakers-back-bid-to-join-hague-adoption-convention</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A majority of National Assembly’s Standing Committee members supported a bid to sign the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption Friday, scheduling a vote on the measure by the year’s end....]]></description></item><item><title>Orphans, Prospective Adoptive Families Get Chance</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/orphans-prospective-adoptive-families-get-chance</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/orphans-prospective-adoptive-families-get-chance</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Orphans from Colombia and prospective adoptive families got a chance to meet Saturday at a pool party in Calabasas hosted by an organization dedicated to finding loving homes for older orphans....]]></description></item><item><title>Ore. Settles with Families Who Adopted Foster Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ore-settles-with-families-who-adopted-foster-kids</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/ore-settles-with-families-who-adopted-foster-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken gave preliminary approval to a settlement in which Oregon will pay a total of $1.7 million to thousands of families who adopted foster children and then...]]></description></item><item><title>What Made This Act Criminal?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/what-made-this-act-criminal</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/what-made-this-act-criminal</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Recently, a Florence woman was charged with manslaughter in the death of her unborn child after medical personnel determined that the umbilical cord had been intentionally severed while...]]></description></item><item><title>National Program Honors LA Child Welfare Staffer</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/national-program-honors-la-child-welfare-staffer</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/national-program-honors-la-child-welfare-staffer</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[AdoptUSKids, a national program to promote foster homes and adoption, honored Louisiana child welfare worker Rachel K. Polo of Denham Springs for her dedication to children and families....]]></description></item><item><title>12 Ifugao Children Adopted</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/12-ifugao-children-adopted</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/12-ifugao-children-adopted</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[12 children were legally adopted either locally or thru inter country adoption. This was learned during the joint Regional and Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting held here on July 25....]]></description></item><item><title>Fashion Show a Celebration of Life</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fashion-show-a-celebration-of-life</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/fashion-show-a-celebration-of-life</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Twenty-nine girls and four boys participated Saturday in the Parade of Life Fashion Show at Lake City Mall. The fashion show is a fundraiser for the Pregnancy Crisis Center in Lake City and Live Oak....]]></description></item><item><title>When We Have Supped Full of Horrors</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/when-we-have-supped-full-of-horrors</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/when-we-have-supped-full-of-horrors</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The spectre most often cited by howling pro-abortion forces when anything threatens their sacred cow is that of the "horrors of the back alley abortion".  Butchered wombs, rusty coat hangers...]]></description></item><item><title>Explaining The Safe Surrender Law</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/explaining-the-safe-surrender-law</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/explaining-the-safe-surrender-law</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[LaDonna Warren, Health Educator, Network Liaison and Supervisor with Guilford County Department of Public Heaalth and Triad Baby Love Plus says for some new moms, the task of taking care of a...]]></description></item><item><title>Proposed Adoption Ban in Arkansas Falls Short on First Try</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/proposed-adoption-ban-in-arkansas-falls-short-on-first-try</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/proposed-adoption-ban-in-arkansas-falls-short-on-first-try</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Supporters of a proposal aimed at barring homosexuals from adopting or fostering children did not gather enough signatures to get on the general election ballot in November, the secretary...]]></description></item><item><title>Judge Won't Rule on Adoption Age Challenge</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/judge-wont-rule-on-adoption-age-challenge</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/judge-wont-rule-on-adoption-age-challenge</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A federal judge today refused to rule in a challenge brought by a couple who are being blocked by the state from adopting an infant because they are over 40. The couple -- a 53-year-old woman and her...]]></description></item><item><title>Sad Tale of Death of a Baby Nobody Wanted</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/sad-tale-of-death-of-a-baby-nobody-wanted</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/sad-tale-of-death-of-a-baby-nobody-wanted</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Details of the case, which also includes a hanging, illegitimate birth and rumours of incest in Exeter, had been forgotten for generations and locked up in archives until Katie Blake stumbled...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Charged with Abuse of Adopted Sons</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/woman-charged-with-abuse-of-adopted-sons</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/woman-charged-with-abuse-of-adopted-sons</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Texas woman has been charged with physically abusing her husband's grandsons, whom the couple had adopted. Maria Gallardo, 52, testified by video conference Tuesday from the Bexar County Jail at a...]]></description></item><item><title>Disabilities Can't Stop His Dreams</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/disabilities-cant-stop-his-dreams</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/DomesticAdoption/disabilities-cant-stop-his-dreams</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Andy Noble of Roseville, Mich., was fascinated by fire trucks and police cars and ambulances from the time he was old enough to nudge his mother and point at them. So it should be no surprise...]]></description></item></channel></rss>