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    Americans use the Internet to abandon children adopted from overseas

    •September 10, 2013
    • Nicole Eason sits in side her Tucson, Arizona home May 7, 2013. Eason has taken in more than a half-dozen children, many from failed international adoptions, during the past decade. Picture taken May 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Samantha Sais)
    • The home of Nicole Eason, who has taken in more than a half-dozen children during the past decade, is pictured in Tucson, Arizona May 7, 2013. Picture taken May 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Samantha Sais)
    • Quita Puchalla is pictured in this undated family photo that her adoptive parents used to advertise her online. To match Special Report USA-CHILDEXCHANGE/ REUTERS/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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    Americans use the Internet to abandon children adopted from overseas

    Nicole Eason sits in side her Tucson, Arizona home May 7, 2013. Eason has taken in more than a half-dozen children, many from failed international adoptions, during the past decade. Picture taken May 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Samantha Sais)

    Through Yahoo and Facebook groups, parents and others advertise the unwanted children and then pass them to strangers with little or no government scrutiny, sometimes illegally, a Reuters investigation has found. It is a largely lawless marketplace. Often, the children are treated as chattel, and the needs of parents are put ahead of the welfare of the orphans they brought to America.




    The practice is called "private re-homing," a term typically used by owners seeking new homes for their pets. Based on solicitations posted on one of eight similar online bulletin boards, the parallels are striking. (Reuters)




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