PGN is interviewing all birth mothers prior to approving adoptions. This is in addition to the social worker interview which every adoption goes through at the very beginning of the process. The pictures above are from the Guatemala press this morning. Biological mothers were summoned to appear before large crowds including the media, the PGN official comleting the interview, the child, attorney, and foster mother. The interviews are very simple, apparently including basically two questions: "Are you the biological mother of this child?" and "Do you still wish to relinquish this child?" The reasons for the additional interview are:
- To weed out corruption. The birth mother has to affirm that she is in fact the baby's biological mother and that she still wishes to relinquish the child.
- To rule our coersion and/or bribery.
- To eventually speed up the process to eliminate other forms of investigation.
My prayer, today, is that Willow's birth mother doesn't need to complete a THIRD interview because she was just interviewed in the Minor's division of PGN as part of the extra investigation that all minor (under 18 yrs. of age) birth mothers go through. She's already told the social worker and the PGN she is doing this of free will.
