Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.

Originally Published: Baby Trafficking, Backlash Derail Dreams of Better Life for Orphans, March 24, 2004; pp. n.p..

"There was little reason to think that Satish, a bright-eyed Indian orphan without a last name, would ever find a home until a couple from a small town outside Seattle stepped forward three years ago [2001]. The boy, who was then 7, walked with a pronounced limp, had a damaged left arm, suffered from epilepsy and showed signs of other serious ailments. Yet he was smart and loving and helped look after the younger children at the Tender Loving Care orphanage in the congested, polluted city of Hyderabad. Steve and Beverley Gilbert were determined to make Satish their son. The adoption paperwork was easy because no Indian family wanted him, but the Gilberts felt he would respond well to advanced medical care in the United States. They sent Satish pictures of themselves and the two adopted Indian girls who would be his sisters--and made plans to bring him back to Seattle. But these hopes exploded when police raided Hyderabad orphanages suspected of obtaining babies illegally for overseas adoption. Urged on by vocal activists, state officials shut down the international adoption system, trapping Satish and dozens of other children in institutions." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article reveals some of the pitfalls of overseas adoptions, which "can be derailed by distant political conflicts and criminal investigations, leaving prospective parents in limbo while the children they are matched with languish in orphanages for years."

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