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Editorial Opinion: What Next? Public Auctions?

05/25/99

The headline read, "Adopted girl put up for sale on Internet"

A Colorado woman is accused of trying to sell her 8-year old child, adopted from Russia four months ago, over the Internet. Police say they have copies of emails exchanged between the woman and a couple in Texas, asking for $4,000 and transportation costs for the girl from Colorado to Texas. The Texas couple reported the attempted sale to authorities.

The woman claims she was just trying to find another home for the girl, who has an attachment disorder, and that the language barrier made it impossible for her to find help for the child. The woman says that she herself is a manic depressive.

A failure of systems, a failure of individuals

This story throws a spotlight on many of the serious questions that exist about adoption practices, not only about the way certain individuals view adoption, but also about the system as a whole.

It appears that there is no universal understanding that:And it appears equally that some adoption agencies, facilitators, or other professionals:The information is out there

"I didn't know" just isn't an acceptable excuse. For an Internet-savvy person like the woman in this news story (who certainly knew enough to make email contact to arrange the "sale"), there are many fine information sources. To name a few:Does this story make you angry?

Does it make you angry? Is it just another case of the system failing a child? Is this the way disrupted adoptions are supposed to be handled? Is it just a scaled-down version of what adoption agencies do... and get paid a lot more for?

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