Month: June 2019

A Child’s Right to Family

By AAAA-Admin / June 27, 2019 / Comments Off on A Child’s Right to Family

Hundreds of millions of children across the world are destined to grow up on the streets and in institutions.  One of the best solutions to this crisis is international adoption.  However, adoptions to the United States have dropped by 75 percent over the last 14 years and international adoptions worldwide have dropped by over half.  […]

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Post Adoption Contact Agreements Explained

By AAAA-Admin / June 27, 2019 / Comments Off on Post Adoption Contact Agreements Explained

A Post Adoption Contact Agreement (PACA) is an agreement the birth parents sign along with the adoption relinquishment.  It is also signed by the adoptive parents.  It allows for certain, specified contacts between the birth parent(s) and the adoptive family. Some states allow for these agreements and will enforce them, other states do not.  Fellows […]

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New Assisted Reproduction Federal Legislation Supported by AAAA

By AAAA-Admin / June 27, 2019 / Comments Off on New Assisted Reproduction Federal Legislation Supported by AAAA

Representatives of AAAA recently gathered in Washington DC to support the RESOLVE Advocacy Day.  RESOLVE is the National Infertility Association (www.Resolve.org), advocating on behalf of the millions of Americans suffering from infertility.  AAAA’s President, Catherine Keefe; Deputy ART Director, Nidhi Desai, and Past President, Deb Guston, attended meetings with Members of Congress and staffers on […]

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