(Update below.)
Sometimes actions speak louder than words.
The Adoptee Rights Demonstration had a “group” of Abrazo related personnel at it according to Gershom. She has written about how they shared a meal together after the demonstration at the convention center. In her post The Protest part 2, Gerhsom stated the following:
I was at the other table [...]
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Adoption from Vietnam has of course had a long and troubled history, this latest step is only one of many in an ongoing saga.
US adoptions from Vietnam had previously been stopped between 2003 and 2006 due [...]
