Christina Ha, founder of Meow Parlour, explains the work behind her foundation and why it's important to care for animals with pet birth defects.
A 38-year-old Brazilian woman who faked a child's voice, carried dummies and baby bottles, and convinced a couple she was a traumatized 12-year-old has been convicted of fraud and jailed, capping a pattern of identity cons investigators say stretched across at least seven states. A court in Joinville, Brazil, sentenced Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira […] The post Brazilian woman who posed as 12-year-old girl to deceive family into adoption sentenced to nearly two years in jail appeared first on American Almanac .
A 38-year-old Brazilian woman who faked a child's voice, carried dummies and baby bottles, and convinced a couple she was a traumatized 12-year-old has been convicted of fraud and jailed, capping a pattern of identity cons investigators say stretched across at least seven states. A court in Joinville, Brazil, sentenced Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira to one year, 10 months, and 28 days in prison after finding she deliberately fabricated a false identity to extract food, shelter, money, medication, and other material support from an unnamed couple who believed they were caring for an abused child. The judge found Oliveira acted consciously "to induce and maintain the victims in error" and obtain the full cost of her own living through the…Open
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Dr. Grazie Christie says the question was never what adults want, it’s what a child needs, a sentiment she applies to her own family. Tune into this week’s episode of "One Nation Under God" for more on surrogacy. Watch this full episode of "One Nation Under God": https://youtu.be/xosYlr5XC04 #surrogacy #adoption #surrogates
Adoption rescues a child who needs a family. Surrogacy, Dr. Grazie Christie argues, creates one to be handed over, a distinction she says gets lost every time the two are treated the same. Watch this full episode of "One Nation Under God": https://youtu.be/xosYlr5XC04 #surrogacy #adoption #surrogates
On this week's episode of "One Nation Under God," host Susie Pinto and Dr. Grazie Christie dig into the case putting surrogacy back in the headlines: a Canadian surrogate being sued by the couple whose child she carried, after she says she refused their request to end the pregnancy over a cleft lip. Dr. Grazie Christie, who's a radiologist, senior fellow at The Catholic Association and member of the Florida State Board of Education, walks through how commercial surrogacy works, what it costs and why she believes the practice can't be made ethical, arguing it turns women into what she calls reproductive labor and children into commodities, with the greatest risks falling on poor women in countries with little oversight. Speaking as the…
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Jamie Varley has been sentenced to a rare "whole life" term in prison for the brutal murder and abuse of his adopted son, highlighting severe failures in British child protection systems.
Jamie Varley has been sentenced to a rare “whole life” term in prison for the brutal murder and abuse of his adopted son, highlighting severe failures in British child protection systems. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Jamie Varley, a British former teacher, has been sentenced to a rare “whole life” order for the murder and sexual abuse of his adopted 13-month-old son, Preston Davey. The court found Varley guilty of murder, sexual offenses, grievous bodily harm, and child cruelty after an eight-week trial. DETAIL: Varley and his gay partner John McGowan-Fazakerley, from Staining near Blackpool in England , treated Preston as a “plaything”, subjecting him to routine ill-treatment, sexual abuse, and physical assaults that left…Open
Davey had sustained more than 40 injuries