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| | LDS Church Policy - Agencies, Attention, Baby, Birth, Child, Children, Church, First, Foster, Guide, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | LDS Social Services and other licensed adoption agencies protect the interest of the child, screen couples before placement, provide needed supervision and counseling, and protect the confidentiality of all parties. |
 | | Church members seeking to adopt children should observe strictly all legal requirements of the countries involved in the adoption (see General Handbook of Instructions, 1989, 11-1). |
 | | Serious problems with governments and their agencies could arise if the Church is viewed as using its missionary system to be involved in the highly sensitive issue of child placement. |
| lds.adoption.com /mormon-faith/lds-church-policy.html (527 words) |
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