International Business News - Adoptions http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings:--Minority women are trying to adopt at a higher rate than white women. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/surprises-in-first-adoption-survey-to-include-men.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:42:18 EDT Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91980-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/mccain-assailed-for-opposing-gay-adoption.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/mccain-assailed-for-opposing-gay-adoption.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:12:06 EDT The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/guatemala-extends-review-of-2-286-adoptions.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:50:49 EDT The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/guatemala-extends-adoption-reviews.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:26:10 EDT Guatemala's attorney general said Wednesday he has annulled 15 pending adoptions to U.S. couples after finding evidence of fraud or other irregularities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/guatemala-annuls-15-adoption-cases.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 20:53:21 EDT The sister of a Guatemalan congressman was charged Wednesday with running an illegal adoption ring after police found nine children in her home. Police raided Rosalina Rivera's house Tuesday in search of a kidnapped 4-year-old boy, Attorney General Baudilio Portillo said. Officers did not find the boy, but stumbled upon nine children between seven and 12 months of age instead. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/guatemalan-held-in-illegal-adoption-case.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 22:31:44 EDT Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman's sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/sister-of-guatemalan-lawmaker-arrested-in-adoptions-case.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 14:13:20 EDT Guatemala's attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/guatemala-puts-adoptions-on-hold.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 09:14:50 EDT Guatemala's attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/guatemala-suspends-adoptions-for-a-month.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 21:52:45 EDT A Guatemalan official says that 2,286 pending adoptions will be suspended for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. Attorney General Baudilio Portillo says Monday's decision was made after lawmakers asked his office to review adoptions on a case-by-case basis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/guatemala-to-suspend-adoptions-for-month.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 19:01:28 EDT Guatemalan prosecutors said Wednesday that they will conduct a legal review of all of the country's pending adoptions, after an initial probe turned up irregularities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/guatemala-to-review-pending-adoptions.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 00:03:55 EDT Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/ap-exclusive-us-alleges-baby-selling-in-vietnam.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:41:23 EDT China remains the country of choice for thousands of Americans seeking to adopt a child, but the time frame for new applications is now often triple what it was a few years ago and many families are ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/waits-lengthen-for-adoptions-from-china.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:33:44 EDT The slowdown affecting adoptions from China coincides with unrelated complications in several other countries that have been major sources of adopted children for American parents. Some examples: _G... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/adoption-problems-in-other-countries.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:31:12 EDT Two Guatemalan lawyers retained by an adoption agency that has sent scores of children to the U.S. have been charged with fraud and human trafficking, their attorneys said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/guatemala-adoption-lawyers-charged.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:19:36 EDT Guatemalan prosecutors have ruled out amnesty for birth mothers who used false identities to surrender their babies to an agency where 46 children being adopted by U.S. families were seized in a raid last August. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/33830-guatemala-adoptions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/guatemala-no-amnesty-for-adoption-fraud.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/guatemala-no-amnesty-for-adoption-fraud.htm Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:09:33 EDT Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in a six-bedroom Indiana farmhouse. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/33505-guatemala-adoption.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/enterprise-guatemala-adoption-fraud-query-throws-adoptions-into-limbo.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/enterprise-guatemala-adoption-fraud-query-throws-adoptions-into-limbo.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:26:18 EDT Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in a six-bedroom Indiana farmhouse. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/fraud-leaves-guatemalan-babies-in-limbo.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:27:58 EDT Central Africa's Republic of Congo lifted a ban on foreign adoptions Thursday, three months after it was instituted amid an uproar over attempts by a French charity to fly a planeload of children out of Chad. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/republic-of-congo-ends-adoption-ban.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:28:16 EST Two members of Guatemala's adoption board agreed to step down Wednesday, ending a legal battle to keep their posts and allowing the country's adoption reform measures to move forward. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080206/guatemala-adoption-officials-resign.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:10:01 EST