Eisenhauer-Epp is co-founder of Navigating Adoption, an online platform for adoptees, and also works with Sisters of China, an adoptee-led organization for female-identifying Chinese adoptees affected by China’s one-child policy.
“It just brings so much unknown with Chinese adoptees.
Similarly, news about South Korea’s adoption system has shaken many Korean adoptees.
Korean adoption agencies charged anywhere between $4,000 and $6,000 per child, according to an Associated Press investigation.
For them, the narrative that adoptees should be grateful is “more of a culturally pervasive expectation than an option” for adoptees.
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