Adoption scam leads to woman already behind bars (KTBS Shreveport)
A Caddo Parish woman is behind bars accused of committing one mother of a crime. Authorities say she scammed thousands of dollars by faking a pregnancy. Detectives say a couple was ready to adopt the child. They were going through the proper legal channels to adopt. Investigators say the suspect fooled the couple and the adoption firm. Authorities say Penny Lopez, 35, received money for a baby ...
OLPC aims for free laptop, lays off staff (IT World)
One Laptop Per Child on Wednesday said it wants to make its XO laptop free in developing countries to mobilize adoption, on the same day it laid off half its staff.
Adoption requests pour in for abandoned dogs (The Standard-Times)
LAKEVILLE - Adoption inquiries and donations have been pouring in and Animal Control Officer David Frates has been working nonstop since word came out about record numbers of dogs being abandoned in the Fall River-Freetown State Forest.
5 plead Guilty to Federal Charges in Adoption Scam (FOX 13 Utah)
Five of seven people indicted for an adoption scheme that fraudulently took Samoan children from their birth parents pleaded guilty on Tuesday to reduced federal charges. Karen Banks and her husband Scott Banks, operated the Wellsville-based adoption agency Focus on Children.
Abortion, not adoption - Two women tell how they would prefer termination to giving up the child (Jamaica Gleaner)
At least two women who have had abortions say they would rather terminate a pregnancy than give the child up for adoption. The women were responding to a call recently made by several members of the church community and other anti-abortion advocates for expectant mothers contemplating abortion to take the babies to them instead.
