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Guatemala » Blog Archives » Guatemala to Suspend Adoptions — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:39:29 GMT

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mrs b — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:28:16 GMT

while i'm all for Guatamala ratifying the Hague Convention and taking childrens rights seriously....

but what happens to those adoptive parents aren't completed by 31st dec 07? on 1st jan 08 do their adoptive babies just go back into orphanages?

this will leave babies without loving parents

and cause heartbreak for the parents who have got so far along the road to adoption, only to have their dreams shattered.

mrs b

http://www.baby-adoption.co.uk

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anonymous — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:29:07 GMT

As a parent currently stuck in the process of adopting a little boy from Guatemala, I am troubled by the recent events. UNICEF dangled upwards of 70 million dollars in front of President Berger to stop adoptions. He is not doing this for his moral beliefs. There is no morality in allowing these children to languish in the streets. There are no provisions set up to house or care for these children. Mothers gave up their children to allow for a better life than they could provide. They did this under the current laws. To change the laws for those children in-process would violate the birthmothers' rights to choose.

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joe — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:53:59 GMT

There are many things in this post that are either incorrect, or just plain wrong. First of all, President Berger made the decision to halt adoptions to Non-Hague Countries only after being told that the U.S. would NOT allow any new adoptions into the U.S. until they are Hague Certified. As a response, or bluff calling, Berger stated that they would be certified Hague compliant on Jan. 1st and further stated that Guatemala wouldn't work with countries that aren't Hague certified (read: The U.S.). As the U.S. wont be certified until April it is a snub to the U.S. for forcing their hand.

Unfortunately, no one is considering the children. Its public knowledge in Guatemala that all the children pulled from that orphanage are presently in Government hands and all are sick with varying illnesses caused by the poor conditions where they are now. This is just the 1st of many steps that will turn Guatemala into the extremely poor Russian adoption situation. The process in Guatemala was more secure than that of China/Korea in that, there were a minimum of 4 occasions where the birth mother was contacted to complete paperwork or get DNA done to ensure her decision was made coherently where-as my friends Chinese daughters were dropped off at the door to an orphanage. They know nothing about their mother, where they were born etc...

My only other point is, before casting judgement, travel there and see the children in the poorer areas (where most of the adopted children come from). They literally hang off the side mirrors of the buses at 45 mph barefoot and filthy, so they can get a free ride into town to shine shoes so their families can eat. Understand that the birth mother of my son is illiterate, un-wed and due to being devoutly Catholic, anti-birth control. This combination is what causes the rise in poverty, rise in population of mal-nourished children, and increase in crime. If these children are brought somewhere safe where they can be raised as a child should, in a safe, loving, healthy environment, vs the life they would have without adoption, why not give them a better life.

As a person who both lived there and adopted from there, I can only sit at home with my son on my lap and pray for all the soon to be orphaned children who will be removed from the loving 1-1 or 2-1 life in a foster home to a poorly run orphanage or worse, sent to their birth mothers who cannot afford to or in some cases want to raise them....... its a shame.