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Adoption Ouroboros: Repeating The Cycle Of Adoption As Rescue, Malinda L. Seymore
Adoption Ouroboros: Repeating The Cycle Of Adoption As Rescue, Malinda L. Seymore
Faculty Scholarship
Ouroboros—the circular symbol of the snake eating its tail; an endless cycle. As the U.S. recently withdrew from Afghanistan in chaos and Russia invaded Ukraine, the attention of Americans turned, as it frequently has in times of international conflict, to the plight of children in need of rescue. For many Americans, rescue is synonymous with adoption. The history of international adoption began with rescues following America’s wars in Europe and Asia and continues today through other violent upheavals. International adoption is an ouroboros, repeating the pattern of adoption as a response to humanitarian crises. But as human and charitable as …
Immigration, Adoption And Our National Identity, Shani M. King
Immigration, Adoption And Our National Identity, Shani M. King
UF Law Faculty Publications
In this Article, I tell the story of intercountry adoption. Our starting point is the beginning of the adoption process, with so-called “sending countries,” in which I explore the reasons that countries enter their children into the intercountry adoption market. We begin in the aftermath of World War II and continue until the present day. The story starts in Europe (specifically, in Germany, Greece, and Italy) and Japan. It then continues throughout the Korean War and the communist regime of Nicolae Ceauseacu, until present-day Russia and China. Next, I tell the story of receiving countries; I discuss the social, political, …
Openness In International Adoption, Malinda L. Seymore
Openness In International Adoption, Malinda L. Seymore
Faculty Scholarship
After a long history of secrecy in domestic adoption in the United States, there is a robust trend toward openness. That is, however, not the case with international adoption. The recent growth in international adoption has been spurred, at least in part, by the desire of adoptive parents to return to closed, confidential adoptions where the identity of the birth mother is secret and there is no ongoing contact with her. There is, however, an emergent interest in increased openness in international adoption, spurred by the success of domestic open adoptions, health concerns when an adoptee's genetic history is important, …
Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
Faculty Scholarship
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Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
Adopting An International Convention On Surrogacy—A Lesson From Intercountry Adoption, Seema Mohapatra
Faculty Scholarship
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Cross-Country Adoption: A Call To Action, Anthony D'Amato
Cross-Country Adoption: A Call To Action, Anthony D'Amato
Faculty Working Papers
Although a free press is an integral part of democratic governance, intercountry adoption is one case in which the media makes it virtually impossible for governments to send children abroad for adoption. A country (State A) which gives up a child for intercountry adoption should receive a "credit" for that child which will entitle any other family within State A that may want to adopt a child to priority on the list at the Vatican. The second major function for the Intercountry Adoption Agency might be called the "annual report" function. All adoptive parents who take a child from the …
Children's Rights In Intercountry Adoption: Towards A New Goal, S. I. Strong
Children's Rights In Intercountry Adoption: Towards A New Goal, S. I. Strong
Faculty Publications
Each year, hundreds of thousands of children languish in foster or institutional care worldwide, while at the same time, thousands of adults, married and unmarried alike, are denied children because of “shortages.” How did this tragedy occur, and why does it continue to be repeated daily in countries around the world? The unfortunate truth is that many of the legal and societal norms now in place effectively prohibit needy children from finding suitable homes. While potential parents in Western countries cry out for babies of their own, millions of children live in physical and psychological poverty in underfunded orphanages around …