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United Kingdom: ‘They were taken from you, and you didn’t have a choice’: Women forced to give up their children after pressure from Catholic Church speak out as Archbishop finally apologizes for adoptions scandal
Daily Mail – November 02, 2016
The head of the Catholic church in Britain has apologized for the adoption scandal following the Second World War, when young unmarried mothers were pressured into handing over their babies. More than 500,000 women had a child adopted in the three decades after the war.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3899590/Archbishop-apologises-forced-adoptions-scandal-Head-Catholic-Church-Britain-says-process-lacked-care-sensitivity.html

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Northern Mariana Islands: ‘We have programs to help drug dependents’
Saipan Tribune – November 03, 2016
CHCC State Systems Development Initiative project coordinator Shawnalei Ogumoro, in last month’s CNMI Drug Court Stakeholder Presentation, said there have been five mothers who self-reported their drug use during their pregnancy in 2016 compared to one and two each in 2014 and 2015.
http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/programs-help-drug-dependents/

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France: Migrant Children Moved to Foster Care Centers in France
Prensa Latina – November 02, 2016
A total of 1,616 unaccompanied migrant minors were transferred today from the city of Calais to foster care centers throughout France, local police have said. Also: Hundreds gather at Dáil to urge sanctuary for Calais children: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/hundreds-gather-at-d%C3%A1il-to-urge-sanctuary-for-calais-children-1.2852569
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=5320&SEO=migrant-children-moved-to-foster-care-centers-in-france

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Canada: Ottawa urged to act on native child welfare
Brantford Expositor – November 02, 2016
Six Nations elected council is joining a chorus of indigenous groups across the country in urging the federal government to end the discriminatory, inequitable provision of health, social and other services to children in First Nations communities.
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2016/11/02/ottawa-urged-to-act-on-native-child-welfare

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Canada: New bill ‘Katelynn’s Principle’ would give children say in their welfare
CBC News – November 02, 2016
Eight years after Katelynn Sampson died at the hands of her legal guardians, a bill has been put forward at Queen’s Park that would recognize children as individuals with rights and give them a say in the decisions affecting their welfare. The bill, dubbed “Katelynn’s Principle,” was put forward by the NDP’s child and youth advocate on Wednesday, a little over week after what would have been Katelynn’s 16th birthday.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-bill-katelynn-s-principle-would-give-children-say-in-their-welfare-1.3833494

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Australia: Adoption laws in Queensland changed to allow same-sex couples to become parents
ABC News Australia – November 02, 2016
Same-sex couples, single people and couples undergoing fertility treatment will now be able to adopt a child in Queensland. The Palaszczuk Government passed the Adoption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 last night with the help of the three independent MPs.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/queensland-adoption-laws-same-sex-couple-able-to-adopt/7991340

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US: Why more grandparents are raising children
Stateline – November 02, 2016
The number of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren is going up and increasingly it’s because their own kids are addicted to heroin or prescription drugs, or have died from an overdose. For some, it’s a challenge with little help available. Information Gateway resource: Supporting Kinship Families: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/kinship/support/
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2016/11/02/why-more-grandparents-are-raising-children

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US: Clinton Campaign to Highlight Foster Care in Closing Days of Election
The Chronicle of Social Change – November 02, 2016
During an online town hall organized by a foster-youth led initiative called Foster Youth for Hillary, potential Second Lady Anne Holton will field questions from foster youth across the country. “I think it is very clear that the system needs improvement,” said Sixto Cancel, one of the co-founders of Foster Youth for Hillary. “This is an opportunity to reinvent the way we deliver foster care services.”
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/child-welfare-2/clinton-campaign-highlights-foster-care-closing-days-election/22529

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US: National Adoption Month: Love is Love, Study Says (Includes audio)
Public News Service – November 03, 2016
Adopted children of same-sex couples experience no differences from peers being raised in households with heterosexual parents, a study finds. Rachel Farr, developmental psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky, studied nearly 100 families in which the parents were hetrosexual, both male, or both female. After 10 years of evaluation, she reached her conclusion. Study: No differences noted over time for children of gay, lesbian, adoptive parents: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161024104229.htm%20Census%20data:%20https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-03.pdf
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-11-03/childrens-issues/national-adoption-month-love-is-love-study-says/a54790-1