The Adoption Industry’s Ugly Side

In a commentary in Politico, John Echohawk, Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund; Jacqueline Pata, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians; and Terry Cross, Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association, discuss today’s oral argument in the Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl:

All across this country – but especially in states that are home to multiple Native American Tribes – unethical adoption attorneys are purposely circumventing the federal law that is meant to protect Native American children. Even worse are the continuing attempts by some adoption lawyers to take advantage of active duty service members in the process of being deployed to combat, or in active deployments.

Today’s lead story on NPR was also about this case: Adoption Case Brings Rare Family Law Dispute To High Court.

Read the Politico commentary here and listen to the NPR story here.

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