Buffalo Grove Adoption Agency Closes
Adoption ARK is shutting its doors following the implementation of a Russian law that prohibits adoptions by U.S. families.
A Buffalo Grove-based adoption agency that specialized in international adoptions is shutting down in response to a new Russian law that prevents families in the United States from adopting Russian children. Adoption ARK, which opened in 2003, relied on Russian adoptions, the agency stated on its website. The agency has helped with the adoptions of nearly 1,000 children, it said. "Russia was over half of the agency’s annual income. The Board of Directors and agency management, after carefully reviewing all of our programs, projected income and expenses, and trends in intercountry adoption, made the difficult decision to close the agency," reads a statement on Adoption ARK's website. Russian's law was in response to a the Magnitsky Act, …
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Jeanette Jancee
1:40 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Adoption ARK also TRAFFICKED in children -- such as the little Pakistani girl adopted by the utterly irresponsible Nancy Baney: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20120603_16_A19_CUTLIN43785 Nobody bothered to investigate where the Pakistani girl came from, who her bioparents were or whether she was legally given up for adoption! In order to complete this … more ›