SOC 340 12/8/10
Studies show that beef consumption during pregnancy lowers sperm count in sons
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Adoption
- permanent legal transfer of parental rights
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public and private adoptions
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Domestic and international
Most popular countries for international: China, Russia and Korea=>
“sending nations”
Benefits of “sending nations”
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-children tend to come younger
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-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.
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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
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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
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- Fall '10
- CatherineMarrone
- birth mother, A. blood transfusion, permanent legal transfer, closer B. Steroids
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