Category: policy
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Newsweek: Number of international adoptions in U.S. plummets
By Jordan King From the story: International adoptions to the United States have fallen to a record low, marking a 94 percent decline since their peak in the early 2000s. 2023 was the lowest year for international adoptions, according to the Pew Research Center’s analysis based on U.S. State Department data. Link to article.
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Teen Vogue: Chinese intercountry adoption: How one law changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids
By Isabella Kahn for Teen Vogue From the article: On August 28, 2024, the People’s Republic of China announced the end of their intercountry adoption policy, and a small corner of the world stood still. Chinese transnational adoptees worldwide were shocked, relieved, saddened, and frustrated all at once. Some had hoped to one day adopt children of…
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The Korea Herald: South Korea moves to end ‘baby exports,’ state to take full responsibility
By Choi Jeong-yoon From story: Link to article.
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The Korea Times: Adoptees raise alarm over NCRC’s handling of records
By Antonia Giordano Link to story. Despite renewed attention and government pledges to support adoptee rights, the National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC), now tasked with centralizing decades of adoption records, is facing scrutiny over mismanagement and technical errors. Hopes were initially high when the NCRC took over from private agencies that…
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WCCO News: Fear, frustration as a Minnesotan adoptee tries to prove her citizenship
By Jennifer Mayerle From story: As deportations are happening across the country, one local woman has her own worries. She was adopted as a baby and wanted to make sure she had citizenship papers. That started a domino effect, leading to fear and frustration. Now, Astrid-Ira McCarthy says she hopes her case serves as a warning…
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