Posted in Ethics, In The News on Jun 26th, 2009 13 Comments »
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people to jail terms ranging from three to seven years for trafficking babies and selling them to an orphanage in Ninh Binh. An additional 12 accomplices were given suspended sentences. They were convicted of selling 12 infants for 130 million dong (approximately $7,600 US) between April 2006 and May 2008. The [...]
Posted in In The News on Jun 18th, 2009 17 Comments »
“He says that he’s going to marry me
We can raise a little family
Maybe we’ll be alright
Its a sacrifice
But my friends keep telling me to give it up
Saying I’m too young, I ought to live it up
What I need right now is some good advice, please
Daddy, daddy if you could only see
Just how good he’s been [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Ethics, In The News on May 25th, 2009 2 Comments »
While many, many of our readers have questioned our motives, and even wondered if we are anti-adoption, we all feel that the ‘job’ we do here, voluntarily, due to conviction, is a job that is really important.
Why is it so important? Because we want adoption to continue. Yup, that’s the truth. As long as there [...]
Posted in Ethics, Hague, In The News on Apr 11th, 2009 No Comments »
In March, a delegation of officials from Vietnam attended a conference sponsored by the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS). The delegation also met with officials from the US Department of State. After the conference, JCICS President Tom DiFilipo said in an discussion on Creating a Family that the delegation declared that Vietnam intends [...]
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