South Carolina Supreme Court grants adoption following SCOTUS ruling - Indianapolis courts | Examiner.com:
South Carolina's highest court ruled in favor of adoptive parents in a case that went to the U.S.Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 17th, 2013, according to the Associated Press.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Friday, July 19, 2013
Stop the Forced Removal of Baby Veronica
Native American Rights Fund: Stop the Forced Removal of Baby Veronica - ICTMN.com:
Echoing the loud thunder of voices from Native communities and organizations across the U.S. and Canada in outcry over yesterday's decision to return Veronica Brown to South Carolina, the Native American Rights Fund yesterday issued the strongest statement yet in a call to action to join the fight in protecting the girl's right to be raised by her biological father, Dusten Brown.
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Echoing the loud thunder of voices from Native communities and organizations across the U.S. and Canada in outcry over yesterday's decision to return Veronica Brown to South Carolina, the Native American Rights Fund yesterday issued the strongest statement yet in a call to action to join the fight in protecting the girl's right to be raised by her biological father, Dusten Brown.
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Dad vows to continue fight to keep girl
Dad vows to continue fight to keep girl » Local News » MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK:
Cherokee Nation backs father in adoption case
A decision by a South Carolina Supreme Court requiring a lower court to grant the adoption of a girl of Cherokee descent sparked outrage from the child’s father and others.
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Note: More Injustice aimed at REAL Families! Veronica belongs with her REAL Family!!!!!
'Black Babies Cost Less To Adopt'
Six Words: 'Black Babies Cost Less To Adopt' : NPR:
NPR continues a series of conversations about The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Every so often NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris will dip into those six-word stories to explore issues surrounding race and cultural identity for Morning Edition. You can find hundreds of six-word submissions and submit your own atwww.theracecardproject.com.
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NPR continues a series of conversations about The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Every so often NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris will dip into those six-word stories to explore issues surrounding race and cultural identity for Morning Edition. You can find hundreds of six-word submissions and submit your own atwww.theracecardproject.com.
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Will It Always Be Cheaper to Adopt Black Babies?
Will It Always Be Cheaper to Adopt Black Babies? | Babble:
Recently, NPR’s Morning Edition placed a clip called “Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt” fromThe Race Card Project and I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, someone else was talking about this.
Note:In NH parents of bi-racial children in Foster care, (who look white) are told by NH DCYF not to tell anyone the child is bi-racial. I've always heard this is because the white child is worth more and easier to place. In NH, statistics show the highest percentage of stolen children are whit, unlike other States. Also in NH, in order to get adoption assistance:1. What specific factors or conditions does your state consider to determine that a child cannot be placed with adoptive parents without providing financial.
assistance? (“What is your state definition of special needs?”).
A child with special needs is defined as a child that has at least one of the following needs or circumstances.
that may be a barrier to placement or adoption without financial assistance:
• Six years of age or older (if age is the only factor used to determine the need for adoption assistance).
• Member of a minority or ethnic group.
• Member of a sibling group of two or more which should be placed together.
• A physical or mental handicap or emotional disturbance.
• A language barrier.
http://www.dcfs.utah.gov/
This is sick! Because a child isn't white, the child is worth more in adoption assistance money? A child is considered "special needs" because he/she isn't white? Disgusting!
Recently, NPR’s Morning Edition placed a clip called “Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt” fromThe Race Card Project and I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, someone else was talking about this.
Note:In NH parents of bi-racial children in Foster care, (who look white) are told by NH DCYF not to tell anyone the child is bi-racial. I've always heard this is because the white child is worth more and easier to place. In NH, statistics show the highest percentage of stolen children are whit, unlike other States. Also in NH, in order to get adoption assistance:1. What specific factors or conditions does your state consider to determine that a child cannot be placed with adoptive parents without providing financial.
assistance? (“What is your state definition of special needs?”).
A child with special needs is defined as a child that has at least one of the following needs or circumstances.
that may be a barrier to placement or adoption without financial assistance:
• Six years of age or older (if age is the only factor used to determine the need for adoption assistance).
• Member of a minority or ethnic group.
• Member of a sibling group of two or more which should be placed together.
• A physical or mental handicap or emotional disturbance.
• A language barrier.
http://www.dcfs.utah.gov/
This is sick! Because a child isn't white, the child is worth more in adoption assistance money? A child is considered "special needs" because he/she isn't white? Disgusting!
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
NSW child protection worker hits back at criticism after recent deaths
NSW child protection worker hits back at criticism after recent deaths, says DOCS staff under stress - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):
A series of recent cases of child deaths has prompted criticism of child protection workers in New South Wales for failing to remove abused children from violent parents.
A series of recent cases of child deaths has prompted criticism of child protection workers in New South Wales for failing to remove abused children from violent parents.
Struggling for Sibling Connections
In Focus: Struggling for Sibling Connections — Children's Rights:
“The sheer impact of severing sibling ties can devastate kids,” said Marcia Robinson Lowry, executive director of Children’s Rights. “It is unconscionable that systems are denying children the right to be with, or even know, their brothers and sisters.”
“The sheer impact of severing sibling ties can devastate kids,” said Marcia Robinson Lowry, executive director of Children’s Rights. “It is unconscionable that systems are denying children the right to be with, or even know, their brothers and sisters.”
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