#AdoptionFraud My best friend as a child was an adoptee, along with his sister. Neither my friend nor his sister would talk about their feelings regarding their past, but I always thought their parents a bit strange and emotionless, even though they chose to adopt. I cannot imagine discovering that you aren’t aware of a single person who is a biological relation, or of dealing with that brutal reality.
https://apnews.com/article/south-korean-adoptions-investigation-united-states-europe-fa035f2b7b57358f71e0b7cca4c20f85 South Korean adoptees and families rocked by fraud allegations
Peg Reif was among more than 120 who contacted The Associated Press this fall, after a series of stories and a documentary made with Frontline exposed how South Korea created a baby pipeline, designed to ship children abroad as quickly as possible to meet Western demand. The reporting shook adoption communities around the world with details about how agencies competed for babies — pressuring mothers, bribing hospitals, fabricating documents. Most who wrote were adoptees, but some were adoptive parents like Reif, horrified to learn they had supported this system. Reif fretted that her greatest fear might be true: had she adopted and raised a kidnapped child?