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Adoption
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Family Law Prof Blog
Two Adoption Bills Signed Into Law
By Family Law
The Adoption Simplification Act does more than simplify the process for families. It helps ensure the safety of adopted children. Previously, the U.S. required all children adopted from Hague Convention…
Family Law Prof Blog
Heart-Wrenching Adoption Case Before the MO Supreme Court
By Family Law
From CNN:His biological mother calls him Carlitos, but he's Jamison to the couple that adopted him.The two sides are locked in a heart-wrenching legal fight over custody of the 4-year-old…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
More Reaction to Douthat’s Abortion Column
The Atlantic: Abortion, Adoption, and the 'Right' Kind of Kids, by Jamelle Bouie:A lot of excellent commentary has come out of Ross Douthat's quasi-attempt to justify the use of poor…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Economist Blog Post on Abortion, Adoption, and Contraception
The Economist - Democracy in America blog: Crazy sexy stupid:Family planning and birth control is one of many areas where America has gotten itself wrapped up in a decades-long hysterical…
Land Use Prof Blog
In Between Things…
Happy New Year to everyone! For this land use prof, it's been a wild start so far. We travelled to the Grand Canyon last week and soon learned what 30 inches…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
Adoption: It’s the Same
I have seen prospective parents nurture a child with the uncertainty of the birth mother's intentions looming in the air waiting to take the child like death takes a sick newborn. The…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
2010 Adoption Tax Credit is Refundable!
The 2010 tax credit is refundable up to $13,170. If your child is determined to be special needs then you will receive the whole tax credit no matter how much…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Is New Jersey License Plate Pro-Adoption or Pro-Life?
NBC New York: "Choose Life" License Plate for NJ Sparks New Controversy, by Brian Thompson: New Jersey has ended more than six years of litigation and agreed to allow a…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
A Critique of International Adoption
The Nation: Save the Children?, by Patricia J. Williams:'Twas well after midnight when I came across some morsels of advice from the Ontario-based website familyadoptionplan.com. Under the listed advantages of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Adoption Bill for Haitian Children Passes House
Joanna Anderson writes for Congressional Quarterly:The House cleared a measure Wednesday aimed at easing the adoption process for Haitian children admitted to the United States after the January 2010 earthquake…