Soc 340 Class Notes 2010-12-8 - SOC 340 Studies show that...

SOC 340 12/8/10
Studies show that beef consumption during pregnancy lowers sperm count in sons
• Adoption - permanent legal transfer of parental rights
o public and private adoptions
o Domestic and international
 Most popular countries for international: China, Russia and Korea=>
“sending nations”
 Benefits of “sending nations”
• -children tend to come younger
• -less time to adopt them
 most countries require a heterosexual, 2-person household to adopt
 China- did not require that, but in most recent years realized that that
could mean homosexual couples adopting.
o Do you have a problem with Americans adopting outside of the US?
 there are many children in the US that need a home
 Exploitation of the mothers in other countries
• The power of adoption is split between: birth mother, adoptive family, and adoption
facilitators…the child is left out
Speaker-Stacy Trebing
Diamond Black Fan Anemia
-Katie (daughter, second child) was diagnosed at 3 months