Update - October 30, 2010

The major portion of this blog was created in 2005, as the Baby Tamia story unfolded. Typically, soon after this child was returned to her family and the press covered her welcoming festivities, the atrocities committed in the Baby Tamia case were set aside and largely forgotten by the media.

There was one exception, however. Illinois subsequently passed legislation that would prevent out-of-state adoption predator agencies from operating in their state without being licensed. If only all other states would follow Illinois' lead!

This blog became dormant since then, and as time passed, links to news and other sources became useless. I considered taking the blog down altogether. However, I decided there was timeless material here that needed to be exposed, so it was worth salvaging – and perhaps even expanding.

With that in mind, I set about finding alternate sources for the broken links and then rewrote, expanded, reformatted, and added new material to the site. I even chose a new site design template. One great source for renewing linkages was Pound Pup Legacy, a phenomenal source for up-to-date news on all aspects of adoption and foster care. Niels and Kerry are truly generals in the adoption reform army!

I have also made the decision to add new blogs, linked to this one, with all new material on a wide range of topics that may be used by everyone 'in the trenches' for adoption reform.

I invite you to submit any new material you might have on specific topics addressed in these blogs. Be sure to include sources, including (if applicable) URL links.

Send them here:

TheAdoptionDigger@gmail.com