What Will Mid-Term Elections Mean for Adoption?
Now that the mid-term elections are over, we await the new Congress in January which will be controlled by the Democratic party. This shift means that the Congressional Committees and Sub-Committees that oversee questions pertaining to adoption, both domestic and international, will have new chairs. We eagerly await learning who these individuals will be and what their views on adoption related issues are. November 10, 2006. Taiwan Makes Birth Record Available. Following a law enacted in 2003 which mandated that adoptees must have access to records from birth families, Taiwan has opened the Child and Juvenile Adoption Information Center. Adults adopted domestically or internationally are permitted to apply directly for birth family information; those under age 20 must have the written consent of their adoptive parents. This development is part of a trend allowing children whose families were formed through Intercountry Adoption to have access to birth family data. It illustrates an eno
