Russia moves to restrict foreign adoption
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will stop foreigners adopting children outside officially registered agencies in a step toward limiting the number of children who leave Russia, a top government official said on Tuesday. Ref. Source 8
I think restricting adoptions in Russia will do more harm than good. It seems the move is more political, than as a concern for the welfare of Russia's children.
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Many have demanded a complete ban on foreigners adopting Russians -- although observers say this is prompted more by wounded national pride than by a desire to protect the thousands of children eligible for adoption. |
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The tens of thousands of children available for adoption in Russia often live in poorly funded orphanages. Activists say as many as 2 million other orphans may live without state help. |
Russian parliament endorses adoption ban
Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia has moved toward finalising a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, with Parliament's upper house voting unanimously in favour of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law. Ref. Source 4
Russia's ban on US adoption isn't about children's rights:
The uncomfortable truth is that underneath the posturing, Vladimir Putin has a point. The international adoption trade is a shady business - the perfect micro-example of how America's concept of itself as a benevolent superpower is so often at odds with reality. Ref. Source 4
United Nations Engages in Major Population Control Debate
A major disagreement among demographic experts threatens to upend efforts to include population control and family planning programs in the United Nations new development agenda. Experts who view population growth as an obstacle to development are criticizing the "laissez-faire attitude" of developing countries toward population growth and high fertility. Yet other experts disagree, saying that population control and family planning are not essential to development strategies. Ref. Source 3