Title
Stealing Babies, Making Families: Does Corruption in Government lead to More Adoptions into the US?
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Poster ID #256
Abstract
On March 26, 2007 Ana Escobar reported her baby Esther Zulamitawas stolen. Ana was locked in a storage closet at the family’s shoe store, north of Guatemala City, while armed men took her daughter. Two months later, Ana was sitting in the National Adoption Council’s offices when she spotted her baby. Esther was being adopted by an unidentified US couple. DNA tests had been falsified and Esther was given all new papers. Convinced that the child was hers, Ana got a new DNA tests ordered. These tests confirmed that the baby was Esther and she has since been reunited with her mother. Unfortunately, stories like these are all too familiar in Central and South America.
Description
The Annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference showcases some of the best student research from the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The mentored learning program encourages undergraduate students to participate in hands-on and practical research under the direction of a faculty member. Students create these posters as an aide in presenting the results of their research to the public, faculty, and their peers.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Quarnberg, Tisah; Mazar, Chelsea; and Roby, Jini, "Stealing Babies, Making Families: Does Corruption in Government lead to More Adoptions into the US?" (2010). FHSS Mentored Research Conference. 230.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/fhssconference_studentpub/230
Publication Date
2010-04-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2193
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Social Work
Copyright Status
© 2010, Tisah Quarnberg, et al.;
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