Stlucycenter.org
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St Lucy Center Home Page
Description
Drastic social changes have occurred around the world in recent years, and Taiwan is no exception. One result is that many young women and teenagers have become unwed mothers. Despite the modern times, society in Taiwan has retained many traditional attitudes. Generally, a strong prejudice remains toward unwed mothers and their children.
The St. Lucy Center was founded in 1982 to meet the social needs of the unwed mothers. Since then, more than 1000 unwed mothers and their children have been served by St. Lucy. About 60% of the children are placed with domestic married couples in Taiwan; (one spouse must be a citizen of Taiwan to be considered domestic couple). The other 40% of the children are placed with international couples. Currently, the majority of international adoptive parents are from US, and a small percentage are from Europe.
