Reforming Adoption
Adoption reform means taking away the fraud, coercion, lies, misinformation, and lack
of information from the adoption industry. It means no longer falsifying documents, or
defying natural parents' rights to their children.
National Infant Adoption Reform Act
Years ago, there were several people working on a national bill for infant adoption
reform. Unfortunately, there has not been any acceptance in the legislation to push for
such reforms. Therefore, in order to get the information out there, here is a draft of
the National Infant Adoption Reformation Act. Because it
has had so many contributors and authors, and you would like to take on the task, feel free
to copy, distribute, and make changes as you feel inclined, taking into consideration
adoptees and natural families rights. Great time and energy went into making this bill,
and it would be a shame to not see it through.
Legislation in Oregon
Oregon has legislation in place in order to make sure that adoptions are more ethical
in this state. Many thanks go to:
Representative DOHERTY; Representative DEMBROW
And to the following for their incredible hard work of the following:
At the request of Janette Barcenas,
Ashley Peterson-Munoz,
Leticia Munoz,
Kiley Steward,
Tamara Slack,
Oregon Birth Mothers
Find the legislation in PDF format here or in
html here
UN Investigations:
The United Nations has started an investigation into fraudulent activities of adoption
in the US, both international adoptions, and domestic. Due to the 9/11 attacks, the
investigation into adoptions was put on hold. Here are two of the previous studies of
the UN. Also, consider sending the current UN Special Rappateour your story and experiences.
Encourage them to continue their investigation for the sake of the rights of children.
- General Assembly. Fifty-fifth session. Item 112
of the provisional agenda. August 10, 2000.
This document mostly deals with international selling of children from poor
countries to developed countries.
-
United Nations: Economic and Social Council: January 3, 2003
Fifty-ninth session Item 13 of the provisional agenda. See page 25, IV: Adoption
See AmFOR for guidelines to writing to the UN regarding your situation of child
trafficking. Click Here
Also note, that as of 2010, the current Special Rapporteur on the Sale of
Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography is Najat M’jid Maala.