03.27.07 State Dept. Not Endorsing Guatemalan Adoptions
The U.S. State Department no longer recommends that Americans adopt children from Guatemala, due to accusations of corruption and fraud.
"This week, the State Department issued a new, detailed advisory saying, 'We cannot recommend adoption from Guatemala at this time. ... There are serious problems with the adoption process in Guatemala, which does not protect all children, birth mothers, or prospective adoptive parents.'
"The advisory stopped short of imposing a ban on adoptions from Guatemala, but said cases would be scrutinized more closely than before and reviews would take longer."
