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DSWD 7 matched 79 kids to adoptive parents in ‘11
SOME 117 children in different child-caring agencies in Central Visayas are available for legal adoption. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has matched 79 of these children with adoptive parents last year.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:58:52 -0800

DSWD PUSHES FOR LEGAL ADOPTION
Based on DSWD records, there are 216 abandoned children housed at its Reception and Study Center for Children needing parental care. The DSWD added that there may be prospective adoptive families interested to adopt a child but tend to think that the adoption process is tedious and expensive. Hence, they put off adopting a child. Legal adoption gives the child the same rights and duties as that ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:59:40 -0800

Katherine Heigl ‘begins adoption process’
Katherine Heigl says her adopted daughter Naleigh is “too cute” as she reportedly prepares to bring home another child.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:30:00 -0800

Eleventh child is seized in adoption probe
An eleventh child has been seized in Mexico as part of an investigation into a child trafficking ring which sought to sell babies to 11 Irish couples.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:47:58 -0800

Mexico probes Irish adoption trafficking link
Mexican authorities probing an alleged child-trafficking ring which aimed to pass on babies to Irish couples for adoption have detained six women and taken 10 children into custody.
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:36:12 -0800

Baby girl abducted in illegal Mexican adoption ring
By: The Associated Press ZAPOPAN , Mexico (AP) and - Karla Zapeda was approached by a woman asking to use the 15-year-old's baby girl in a two-week photo shoot for $755 (... ;
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:54:26 -0800

Jinnah prefers Iqbal to Zardari for adoption
LAHORE, Feb 1: Jinnah Hospital administration on Wednesday handed over a one-year-old abandoned girl to a couple without issue after refusing some seven other hopefuls, including President Asif Ali Zardari, who wanted the baby for his sister MNA Faryal Talpur.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:49:28 -0800

Adoption dream overcomes years of obstacles
“A dream is a wish your heart makes.”--Cinderella
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:44:19 -0800

Pak hospital won’t give baby to prez for adoption
Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province handed over a one-year-old abandoned girl to a childless couple after refusing some seven other hopefuls, including president Zardari, who wanted the baby for his sister Faryal Talpur.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:58:31 -0800

Is It Selfish to Pursue Fertility Treatments Instead of Adoption?
There’s a reason that the desire to have children is so strong. It’s got everything to do with perpetuation of the species, in the long term, and perpetuation of your own DNA — your dimples, your partner’s offbeat sense of humor — in the short. Of course, there’s a small but satisfied contingent of people [...]
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:42:20 -0800