Another friend in the adoption community scammed!

A friend in the adoption community recently shared her adoption scam experience with me on Adoption Under One Roof's website (www.ouradopt.com).

Teresa, who shares her story, tells an all-too-familiar account of thieves who are in the business of taking families' money. Unfortunately, the trail left behind is one of mistrust, anger, pain, sorrow not to mention the possibility that one's savings has been depleted.

By the end of Teresa's adoption journey, she was taken for $34,000 (Canadian dollars), still without child, and left heartbroken and desperate to be come a mother.

For more of Teresa's story, please visit Teresa's "Don't get scammed in adoption like I did" blog at http://ouradopt.com/adoption-blog/mar-2009/guestblogger/guest-blog-dont-....

If you are looking to adopt, please approach adoption like you would any business. Here are a few of the websites that I recommend for those interested in pursuing adoption.

Avoiding scams
http://www.abcadoptions.com/scams.htm

Adoption laws by state
Provided by HRC - http://www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/adoptions/8464.htm
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state/adoption/dome...

Our Family Coalition (great resource for gay/lesbian families)
http://www.ourfamily.org/

Drug exposure in utero
http://www.adoptmed.org/