Clinton vows to speed up adoptions from Haiti
The AFP is reporting that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised the US government will do all it can to increase the speed of adoptions from Haiti “that had been underway before the earthquake struck a week ago.” Said Clinton, “[We will] do all we can to expedite the travel of children who were in the line for adoption who have a legal permanent home, guardianship, waiting for them.”
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[...] not knowing.One category of Haitian orphans are children who were in the process of being adopted. Secretary of State Clinton says,“[We will] do all we can to expedite the travel of children who were in the line for adoption who [...]
Most any time the term “orphan” is used by government or NGOs, it refers to a child who has lost one or both parents to death. As a rough estimate, approximately 10 percent of children labeled “orphan” have lost both parents.