Articles Book III - Pg 1300-1479 (Reunions etc) - triadoption
Articles Book III - Pg 1300-1479 (Reunions etc) - triadoption
Articles Book III - Pg 1300-1479 (Reunions etc) - triadoption
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American families .eager<br />
. .<br />
Many<br />
i toadopt South Koreanbabies<br />
..<br />
UUUFU.<br />
Familv Portrait<br />
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The Clcrlnonls nre one of scvernl thou.<br />
- - O w<br />
sand Amerlcnn fnmllles<br />
Dr. Harvcy Clermont and hls wile. Ann, pose wlllr<br />
children "Ier<br />
twoof their lhrce natural chlld~cn and<br />
lhelr SIX<br />
yenr or longer.<br />
adopled Korenn chlldren at lhclr Shrewsbury. Mass.. home. Fronl row from fcfl:<br />
Slephanlc. 7; Snrah. 5: Joson. 10: and Alnnn. 8. Re81 row: Mlcl~elle. 12; Mrs. Clermonl.<br />
Phyllis LOwenstcln' dlrcct0r Of Ihe In holding Elizabeth. 4: Clermont, holding Jonalhon. 2: and Mark. 17.<br />
CAP<br />
'lernatlonnl Adopllon Agency In Doston.<br />
L.,..~O~I<br />
soldlhclotnlnumberolAmerlcanfnmllles<br />
adopltng Korenn chlldren lhls yenr could pnrents go lo exlraordlnnry lenglhs lo crellon, bccnusc olcrltlclsm In lhnl coun.<br />
rench 3.OUO.<br />
mnlnlnln It."<br />
try of the lorelegn ndopllnns.<br />
Mrs.Lowenslc.lnsald her ngcncy,oneof In order to oblnln mnlc bnhles, for In.<br />
I TheKorcongovernmenl had reportedly<br />
the lnrgcsl In lhc nntlon, Isnow processslng stonce, some wlves lel tllelr hushnnds con. declded that It would reduced 11s bahv<br />
350 lo 400 fnmllles and is rccclvlng nn lrncl wllh young women lo benr lhelr hus. exporls by 20 pcrcenl In 1070 ond furthbr<br />
nvcrnge,of 10 nppllcatlons n week. More bnnds' sons. If lhc bnby lurns oul lo be n cullhenumberin 1080bcloreendlnclhem<br />
thnn iwo.lhlrds of the lamllles wnnl lo glrl, bolh molher nnd chlld would be sent<br />
r'<br />
ndopl Korcon chlldrcn.<br />
nway. These unwnnled fcmnle bohles and Western Europ~eon fnmllles conllnue.<br />
I "The Korenn bnbles nrc consldcred lo cl~ildren ollcn end up In orphnnojics. The Korenn Mlnlstry of Ilenltb nod So.<br />
he mosl deslroble ns they nrc clean and Soulh Korc'n's so.cnlled "bnby>xpnrl" clnl U'elhrc hr~sdccllned commcnl nnall<br />
i well cnred lor: Mrs. Lowenstejn snld. projirnmbejinndurlnjill~e 1950.53liorenn<br />
"A\d 1. Ihe (Soulh Korean) fiovernmenl Is WO;, when many chlldren wcreorphnncd.<br />
tnklng nn ncllve role In mnklng bnhles and expanded greatly In Ille early 1970s.<br />
I nvnilnblc lor odopllon bolh al home and According lo the U.S. lmmigrnllon and<br />
Nnlurnllzallon Servlce, only 815 Korenn<br />
/ ,nbzii;lclnl 01 nnolher adopllon ngency. chlldren werendoplcdlnll~e UnllcdStntes<br />
who nsked lo remnln nnnnymous, snld In 1970, compnred wllh 4,848 in 1976 npd<br />
I <strong>III</strong>C~C ore plenty of bnblcs nvc~llnble in 2.e86 in IBRO.<br />
1 Koren lor overscos adonllon bccnuse .~ not<br />
~~<br />
There ore flve ndonllon ncenclcs In<br />
I cnougll ~orcnnsorcnd~llngor~hnnsnnd Koru" whlch ore llccn~crl by lie Korenn<br />
1 nhnndoned bnbics. govern~rlcnl lo place orphnns wllh forelgn<br />
nspeclsolthecountry~sndopllonpollcles.<br />
tlul Tae.Wnn Yu, dlrcctor of the Korean<br />
Cullural Scrvlce IQ New York, said the<br />
Seoul governmenl 1s lrylng lo cncouragc<br />
Koreans lo ndopl orphnns whlle al the<br />
snnle llme lrylng lo reduce (he number of<br />
babies lor oversens adopllon.<br />
"I hnven'l llcnrdlllnl the Korcnnsnvern.<br />
~llcnl planned lopllnse oul the babycxuorl<br />
program." Mrs. Lowenslein snld. "if II Is<br />
"Thcy puln Erenl emphnslsonlhchlond. ndopllnn ngencles. . true, il would he n bnd news for many<br />
Ilne." Ihc offlclnl snld. "und same Korenn The Korcnn ngenclcs operate wllh dIs. . Amerlrnn couples."
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