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On Monday, October 19, 2026, South Korean First Lady Kim Hye-kyung made history as the first presidential spouse to attend a Korean adoptee gathering. #adoption #adopteevoices #koreanadoption #koreanadoptees #birthfamilysearch
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Around 40 Greek adoptees from the US have returned to Greece to explore their heritage, reconnect with their biological families and reclaim parts of their identities lost to international adoptions decades ago.
#adoption #adopteevoices #adopteerights
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Wat geadopteerden te lijden hebben. 3,5j kost het deze geadopteerde om controle en zeggenschap te krijgen over haar eigen, privacygevoelige gegevens in haar eigen adoptiedossier waarover de staat en adoptiediensten mogen beschikken. Geen enkele andere
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A report has revealed that while the average #privateadoption cost in Utah dropped slightly to just under $60,000 over the last fiscal year, the maximum amount paid for a single adoption skyrocketed to an unprecedented upper limit of $160,000. #adoption
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This article highlights the systemic struggles of adopted children in North Macedonia who are trying to uncover their biological origins.
#adoption #adopteevoices #adopteerights #adultadoptees #birthfamilysearch
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Do you know your family medical history? For hundreds of thousands of care-experienced people and adoptees like Aaliyah, the answer isn’t always straightforward. #adoption #adopteevoices #adopteerights #adopteejourney #medicalrecords #adopteelife
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Mia Lee Sørensen’s documentary Home Sick: At the End of the Sea, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, explores the systemic falsification of adoption records in South Korea. #adoption #adopteevoices #koreanadoptees #stolenchildren
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For some, surrogacy is a form of baby selling that should not be allowed. For others, it is a way for intended parents to create families and for surrogates to support them. #surrogacy #surrogacymarket #surrogacylaws #surrogatemothers #sorrogateagencies
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It has been three months since the children at the center of a surrogacy case on the First Coast were taken to California. #surrogacy #surrogacymarket #surrogacylaws #surrogatemother #exploitationofwoman #whatamess
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Professional wrestler Ric Flair wrote in his autobiography that he was adopted through the Tenn Children's Home Society, the black-market adoption agency operated by Georgia Tann. #adoption #blackmarketadoption #childtrafficking #stolenchildren
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A California couple at the center of a surrogacy scandal has been arrested months after authorities removed 21 children, most born through surrogacy, from their mansion.
Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang face multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit child abuse and dissuading a witness. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman called the allegations “incredibly disturbing,” saying they involve beatings and other alleged abuse. Both pleaded not guilty and are being held on $20 million bond each.
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“Experts report many babies may not have needed to go into care if support had been in place. As very young children in care are more likely to be adopted than older children, some may have been permanently removed from their birth families unnecessarily” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c52e…
The interview profiles Emmy Award-winning documentarian Deann Borshay Liem, whose personal experience as an overseas Korean adoptee deeply anchors her investigative filmmaking. #adoption #adopteevoices #koreanadoption #koreanadoptees #overseasadoption
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A BBC investigation by File on 4 reveals a surge in babies entering care proceedings, sparking widespread concern among experts that many infants are being permanently and unnecessarily separated from their birth families.
#adoption #forcedadoption
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The highly publicized fertility fraud and human trafficking trial involving the Mediterranean Fertility Institute in Chania, Crete, has directly impacted dozens of families who sought overseas surrogacy. #surrogacy #surrogacymarket #humantrafficking
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Five Black children who were forced into slave-like labor by their wealthy, white adoptive parents have been awarded a $4.4 million settlement from the state of West Virginia. #adoption #adoptionabuse #abuseofchildren #adoptioncrime #adoptiontrafficking
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The recent legislative push by California adoptees centers on Senate Bill 381 (SB 381), a measure aimed at granting adult adoptees unrestricted access to their original, unredacted birth certificates. #adoption #adopteevoices #adopteerights #openrecords
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Here's an eye opening 👀 glimpse at what black market adoptions, child trafficking, child exploitations and more looks like in Bangladesh.
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Adopted child dead.
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