http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/01/16/ireland-officially-suspends-adoptions-from-vietnam/ A collaborative blog advocating ethics in adoption Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/01/16/ireland-officially-suspends-adoptions-from-vietnam/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 Mary Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:56:38 +0000 http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/?p=482#comment-4129 I don't see how the ISS report could be called "flawed and fragile," but I also don't see the good that comes from denying 20 children who've already lost their original families a chance at a new family. Rather than simply washing their hands of everything, the Irish Gov't could force Helping Hands to pay for birth family searches by an independent entity the government deems trustworthy. If no birthfamily can be found, or if the family does agree to allow the child to be adopted, then the children should go to their families in Ireland. And if birth families are found who still want the children, then that is surely a far better outcome than leaving the children where they are now. I don’t see how the ISS report could be called “flawed and fragile,” but I also don’t see the good that comes from denying 20 children who’ve already lost their original families a chance at a new family. Rather than simply washing their hands of everything, the Irish Gov’t could force Helping Hands to pay for birth family searches by an independent entity the government deems trustworthy. If no birthfamily can be found, or if the family does agree to allow the child to be adopted, then the children should go to their families in Ireland. And if birth families are found who still want the children, then that is surely a far better outcome than leaving the children where they are now.

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