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15 October 2016

Adoption needs overhaul or abandoning say people adopted as children

Adults who were adopted as children say, even if their parents were wonderful and loving, they have lifelong scars from being separated from their mothers, which has led some to say adoption needs to be completely overhauled or abandoned altogether.
 Transcript LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The benefits of inter-country adoption seem obvious when a child from the developing world is given a chance at a better life.
It's had widespread celebrity endorsement of course, with people like Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett adopting overseas, and even the Prime Minister has promised to fast-track the inter-country adoption process.

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4249194.htm