Posted in Advocacy on Oct 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
From JCICS:
On October 13th Joint Council announced its understanding that formal negotiations between the Governments of Vietnam and the United States regarding an interim Memorandum of Understanding were scheduled in the coming weeks. It is now our understanding that these scheduled formal negotiations have been postponed.
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Posted in Advocacy, Ethics, Tools & Resources on Oct 24th, 2008 No Comments »
From Ethica:
Ethica is pleased to announce our new outreach initiative to give voice to the adoption community on a state by state level. We as an organization have long fought the battle of dealing with issues on a state by state basis, and we have developed the Ethica50 initiative to respond to the ever growing [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Chosing An Agency, Ethics, Experiences, The Process on Oct 18th, 2008 7 Comments »
As a former PAP, who is now a P and AP, I am grateful to Mirah, Amyadoptee and Stella for their comments on the last post. Do I agree with all of their points of view? No, but I am still grateful. Because left to myself, I would not have the value of the perspective [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Ethics on Oct 12th, 2008 11 Comments »
On October 10, JCICS released a position statement on Special Needs adoptions in Vietnam that reads, in part:
Vietnamese law does allow for the adoption of a child with Special Needs, despite the expired MOA. However, this Special Needs adoption, if pursued, would have to take place as an independent adoption. An independent [...]
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