Comments on: Guatemalan hunger strike ends- (an initial) victory for the Mothers http://www.babylovechild.org/2009/07/28/guatemalan-hunger-strike-ends-an-initial-victory-for-the-mothers/ Yet another Bastard Blog Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:20:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Baby Love Child http://www.babylovechild.org/2009/07/28/guatemalan-hunger-strike-ends-an-initial-victory-for-the-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3222 Baby Love Child Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:28:57 +0000 http://www.babylovechild.org/?p=1176#comment-3222 <blockquote>a child who has been figuratively ripped from his or her mother’s arms.</blockquote> ...or not so figuratively. Thank you.

a child who has been figuratively ripped from his or her mother’s arms.

…or not so figuratively.

Thank you.

]]> By: Lorraine Dusky http://www.babylovechild.org/2009/07/28/guatemalan-hunger-strike-ends-an-initial-victory-for-the-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 Lorraine Dusky Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:11:52 +0000 http://www.babylovechild.org/?p=1176#comment-3204 Again, Baby Love Child, thanks for posting a full and complete story about this. Like many of my generation, I have friends whose daughters waited and waited to have a child, and then discovered the only way to do so was to get somebody's else's. If only they would take the time to read about the corruption in international adoption--but they don't. They live in a cocoon and assume they are saving a baby from a horrible life, not that they are raising a child who has been figuratively ripped from his or her mother's arms. lorraine dusky from www.firstmotherforum.com PS: thanks for the comments about the post over at Birth Mother/First Mother Forum. Again, Baby Love Child, thanks for posting a full and complete story about this. Like many of my generation, I have friends whose daughters waited and waited to have a child, and then discovered the only way to do so was to get somebody’s else’s. If only they would take the time to read about the corruption in international adoption–but they don’t. They live in a cocoon and assume they are saving a baby from a horrible life, not that they are raising a child who has been figuratively ripped from his or her mother’s arms.

lorraine dusky
from http://www.firstmotherforum.com

PS: thanks for the comments about the post over at Birth Mother/First Mother Forum.

]]> By: Baby Love Child http://www.babylovechild.org/2009/07/28/guatemalan-hunger-strike-ends-an-initial-victory-for-the-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Baby Love Child Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:38:03 +0000 http://www.babylovechild.org/?p=1176#comment-3175 By way of personal note- I have been critical of fasting as a tactic in other spaces, in relation to other fasts- primarily those of an experiential nature as opposed to a political nature. I'm well aware of the history of the tactic, though. For some of us, we will likely utilize the designated time period to draw attention and as an educational opportunity, but not participate in fasting itself. Still, I thank you for the comment and the work being done. As I mentioned recently to another adoptee activist, "each in their own way". By way of personal note- I have been critical of fasting as a tactic in other spaces, in relation to other fasts- primarily those of an experiential nature as opposed to a political nature. I’m well aware of the history of the tactic, though.

For some of us, we will likely utilize the designated time period to draw attention and as an educational opportunity, but not participate in fasting itself.

Still, I thank you for the comment and the work being done.

As I mentioned recently to another adoptee activist, “each in their own way”.

]]> By: marie slattery http://www.babylovechild.org/2009/07/28/guatemalan-hunger-strike-ends-an-initial-victory-for-the-mothers/comment-page-1/#comment-3167 marie slattery Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:38:04 +0000 http://www.babylovechild.org/?p=1176#comment-3167 Thank you for the coverage of the mothers in Guatemala pleading for the return of their stolen children. Please see the following and share: Three Days for Three Daughters http://threedaysforthreedaughters.typepad.com/threedaysforthreedaughters/ Please consider joining this international hunger strike named after three girls who were kidnapped and ultimately placed for adoption in Guatemala. It is to bring awareness and an end in the illegal trafficking of children who are sold for adoption Thank you for the coverage of the mothers in Guatemala pleading for the return of their stolen children.

Please see the following and share:

Three Days for Three Daughters

http://threedaysforthreedaughters.typepad.com/threedaysforthreedaughters/

Please consider joining this international hunger strike named after three girls who were kidnapped and ultimately placed for adoption in Guatemala.
It is to bring awareness and an end in the illegal trafficking of children who are sold for adoption

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