Adoptions in Guatemala will be suspended for a month while paperwork is sorted out, according to government officials. As the Associated Press reported earlier today:
The move is similar to one instituted by Vietnam last month after both countries have come under fire over illegal adoptions. Nevertheless, the Guatemalan government’s decision has worried some of the hundreds of adoptive parents in the U.S.A Guatemalan official says that 2,286 pending adoptions will be suspended for at least a month while officials review related paperwork.
Attorney General Baudilio Portillo says Monday's decision was made after lawmakers asked his office to review adoptions on a case-by-case basis.
Adoptions council chief Elizabeth de Larios says additional DNA testing could be required to ensure some babies are in fact being given up by their birthmothers.
Image- BBC News
Sources- International Herald Tribune, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC, FOX News
It is a delicate situation, adoptions I think need more regulations, some kids that are put to adoption end up in a worst family.
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