October 31, 2013 By Bill Rea While it’s not really a federal issue, Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson has said he would support the idea of a parliamentary committee looking into cases of forced adoption in the 1960s. The Globe and Mail reported last Wednesday that several women were on hand for a meeting in Ottawa […]
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United Church weighs next steps after internal report on forced adoptions
KATHRYN BLAZE CARLSON The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Oct. 30 2013, 10:12 PM EDT The United Church of Canada – the first major Canadian institution to probe claims that women were coerced into surrendering their babies decades ago – has completed an internal review, but says it’s not ready to decide whether to back […]
Unwed mothers, unknown choices
The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Oct. 30 2013, 7:30 PM EDT Their accounts sound like something out of The Handmaid’s Tale: doctors forcibly tying women to their beds during labour; nurses refusing to let them hold their babies; social workers coercing them into signing adoption papers. The allegations stretch as far back as the […]
Tilson would support study of forced adoptions
By WES KELLER For the Citizen Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson says he was deeply touched by an emotional meeting of several of his colleagues from all federal parties with a few ladies from Origins Canada, all of whom had been forced to give up babies for adoption. Although the ladies might have been in their […]
Women’s push for review of coercive adoption practices gains traction in Ottawa
THE GLOBE AND MAIL POSTED ON OCTOBER 23, 2013 Women say as unmarried teens they were coerced by maternity homes, social workers, doctors and nurses to give up their newborns KATHRYN BLAZE CARLSON – OTTAWA Women who say they were coerced into surrendering their babies decades ago have received an unprecedented audience with politicians in […]
Women coerced into surrendering babies years ago find support in Ottawa
KATHRYN BLAZE CARLSON OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Oct. 22 2013, 9:07 PM EDT Women who say they were coerced into surrendering their babies decades ago have received an unprecedented audience with politicians in Ottawa, gaining support from members of all three major parties for a parliamentary study of Canada’s historic adoption […]
Adoption fraud suspects want charges thrown out
Brian Caldwell Aug 23, 2013 KITCHENER — The case of a former couple accused of ripping off an international adoption agency has been delayed while they try to get the charges against them thrown out. Rick and Susan Hayhow were scheduled to go on trial early next month in relation to hundreds of thousands of […]
Court gives go-ahead to lawsuit over natives’ forced adoptions in Sixties Scoop
DIANA MEHTA TORONTO — The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, Jul. 16 2013, 7:01 PM EDT A class-action lawsuit which claims a loss of cultural identity was suffered by aboriginal children adopted into non-indigenous homes during the so-called Sixties Scoop was given the green light to proceed by an Ontario court on Tuesday. The case – […]
Profit-driven adoptions turn children into a commodity
GEOFFREY YORK JOHANNESBURG — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, May. 29 2012, 8:32 PM EDT A dramatic rise in foreign adoptions from Africa is ringing alarm bells among child advocates who worry that the soaring numbers are fuelled by financial incentives and a lack of basic safeguards. The number of African children adopted by […]
Laos probes sale of babies to Australians
FROM CORRESPONDENTS IN HANOI AFP LAOS is investigating a retired justice ministry official for allegedly selling adopted babies to Australians, Americans and Canadians for thousands of dollars each. The official is accused of seeking out unwanted babies in poor rural areas, obtaining adoption papers and selling the infants to foreigners for up to $5,000 each, […]