Coalition for Truth and Transparency in Adoption

04/19/2022

Here's the latest from Janine Myung Ja, PhD, who serves as International Liaison the Coalition for Truth and Transparency in Adoption (CTTA), and is co-founder of the Adoption Truth and Transparency Worldwide Information Network. Vulnerable children are not commodities or "spoils of war "

Editor's Note: The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, and reported destruction of numerous civilian targets have displaced millions of Ukrainian family members, including a reported 120,000 children forcibly removed to Russia for quick illegal adoption. Ukraine's Ministry of Social Policy has is...

04/15/2022

Truth and Transparency also matters in assisted reproduction.

A top fertility doctor had a sickening secret: he was using his own s***m. Decades later, his “children” band together to pursue justice.Our Father is only o...

04/14/2022

The "rare exceptions" in international adoption continue to come to light. Adoptee Tyler Graff will be a panelist at the Adoption Trafficking Awareness Symposium in Seattle June 18.

Nightline full episode recap: Adopted man learns he was stolen from birth mom in Chile; Man stolen from birth using DNA kits to help fellow adoptees

04/12/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/20/we-were-human-beings-uk-families-seek-apology-over-historic-forced-adoptions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Last week Liz Harvie spoke in parliament about the painful impact of the policy of taking babies from unmarried mothers

04/12/2022

Vermont H.629 was passed unanimously by the Senate on Friday!

Although procedurally bills and resolutions are assigned to only one committee at a time, other committees may review the bill or resolution. This page contains results from both the assigned committee as well as other committees.

04/11/2022

This is a travesty. https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fewelinaochab%2F2022%2F04%2F10%2Fukrainian-children-forcibly-transferred-and-subjected-to-illegal-adoptions%2F&h=AT1NwElwC41f5fgaZ2dDzVuxGwOiPIf7hLNb3Ali5aopaObyS_YbRFuKj5Hjw8LqAnRDw8HkFjQuY9nrLxeHVTCuGfwG3IFxUnOyuOcljYkb_FnrJLR31ew8yLTXYxfKf6x5

In 2021, and before Putin’s war, a report produced by Save the Children found that over 450 million children worldwide (or 1 in 6) were living in a conflict zone, a 5% increase from 2019. Putin’s war added extra 7.5 million.

04/08/2022

Whose Birth Certificate is it anyway?

Support restoring the rights of adult adopted persons!

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04/03/2022

An apology from the pope.
https://www.aol.com/pope-begs-forgiveness-indigenous-canada-103101700-154650564.html

Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and...

Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church's misguided missionary zeal. Fr...

04/02/2022

It's now available!

Federal law kept the answers on millions of census forms secret for 72 years. The forms went online on Friday, a bonanza for historians, genealogists and the merely curious.

03/30/2022

This is not a hobby. It's a hero's journey.

The hero’s journey begins with a call from deep within that finally surfaces and can no longer be ignored. The call is almost always met with insecurity and fear, as the safety and comfort of the known must be left behind. The hero stands on the threshold pondering the risk of losing everything to...