Guatemalan Adoption

This is blatantly biased and irresponsible journalism. The statement, "Before the new law went into effect, the illegal foreign adoptions of 4,000 to 5,000 Guatemalan children a year generated some 200 million dollars in annual earnings" makes an allegation that over 80 percent of adoptions were done illegally. This is completely false! While I don't dispute that corruption did exist in some cases, the magnitude that is implied here is grossly exaggerated. Furthermore, these were not black market adoptions - they were authorized by both the Guatemalan and United States governments. This is a serious issue that needs to be reported upon, but this so-called-journalist does no one any favors by repeating the unsubstantiated claims of activists while ignoring the social and economic plight of Guatemala's citizens. Furthermore, spreading this misleading and inaccurate information places an undeserved stigma on international adoption and adoptive families.

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