Why are Holt’s overseas partners sometimes unwilling to search for birth parents?
Some of our overseas partners worry that simply searching for a birth parent will expose the fact that that person has born a child out of wedlock. In cultures where unwed pregnancy is intensely shameful, accidentally exposing this information could disrupt significant relationships and cause intense pain. In other countries relinquishing a child is illegal, and searching for a birth parent might expose the searcher and the birth parent to legal risks.
