Pitting Poor Against Affluent Women in the Adoption Industry

The October/November issue of Conductive offers a follow-up article to the August series on International Adoption reform. The article, Reverse Robinhoodism: Pitting Poor Against Affluent Women in the Adoption Industry was written by Mirah Riben and Bernadette Wright, PhD. Is centered on the following quote: “It is the poor states that produce the children and the rich that consume them. …

Adoption Law Institute 2009

PEAR is posting the below announcement concerning the upcoming Adoption Law Institute 2009 being held at PLI for informational purposes only. We do not support the PLI and have had no input into this Institute. We find some of the language (adoptive parents as “consumers”) and lack of viewpoints (adoptees, reform advocates) on the panels to be of great concern. …