Adoption In Haiti

Ever wonder what adoption is like? There are many opinions about how people should view adoption and how they view it themselves. This is an ethical issue because many people view this differently according to their race, religion, family and even society can influence the way you view how adoption is too a person, There are two sides with ethical issues so in this paper, I will show you both sides of adoption.

There is one thing that most people look forward to for their entire lives. Grow up, get married and have that perfect, happy family. Sometimes for this to happen, it involves adoption. Whether someone wants to start a family with it, or if they want to expand their family. No matter what the initial reason is adoption is everywhere and involves many people. Most people don’t go through life and say that they don’t know anybody who is adopted. Many people are related to, or know at least one person, that was adopted. So all countries should let people continue saying that by letting them adopt whether they are from a foreign country or not.

With international adoption comes the need to travel to arrange all the paperwork and fees needed to handle the adoption. Some of the Third World countries have many restrictions when it comes to adoption. China has many, for they do not let just any person

If the adoption is going to be from another country, where the child is from another race and culture, the adopting parents should get to know about that race and culture before taking care of that child. So while raising this child, they can also teach them about their culture so they won’t be cut out of their original heritage. Because these children are banned from knowing about their culture and customs, it wouldn’t be good to take that away from anyone. So this can be a bad thing about taking in a child from another country, and the process would take up a lot more time and money to do this.

The sorrowful events that came with opening our adoption proves that if a closed adoption is chosen, it needs to stay that way. Adoptive children need protected from unhealthy lifestyles. Closed adoptions need to remain closed to protect children from experiencing a life they were supposed to be taken away from. Children need to feel loved and should be able to live life as a child instead of fearing situations out of their control. They can contact their biological family if they chose at the legal age, until then closed adoptions should remain just

Within the United States adoption has been evolved markedly, once it was used to “normalize “ a childless marriage (The Free Dictionary, n.d.) or prevent the shame of an adoptee at their “illegitimate” birth or an unwed mother social staning (Fair, 2008) now the primary focus rather is the child’s best interests, a better life. Adoption is a long-standing social behavior that involves a person other than the biological or legal parents of an individual assuming a parenting role in a permanent fashion in the eyes of the law (Health of children, n.d.; The Free Dictionary, n.d.). Through the declaration of legal paperwork a non-biological parent can adopt a child into their home. It must be acknowledged that there are less formal ways

In today's society, the idea of adoption is an open and welcome one. “When an adoptive family begins to explore the idea of adopting a child, it is easy for them to quickly become overwhelmed with information, questions and decisions” (American Adoptions, Inc). However, one of the biggest problem most adoptive parents could run into is whether they are wanting to adopt domestically or internationally. With the number of celebrities’ advertising the ease of adopting internationally and the publicizing conditions the orphans live in it makes American families want to adopt internationally. The number of children in the United States in foster care approved for adoption and the number of newborns born unwanted does not make the news so it domestic adoption is not as glamorous. Domestic adoption should be the first choice to help improve our country and give the children born in the United States a chance at a family.

Many people believe that international adoptions are a positive thing, and help provide a brighter future for the children they adopt. However, many countries have strict laws on international adoptions. The article Home Alone ventures to say that, "poor countries should fix their adoption systems so that, once domestic possibilities have been exhausted, foreigners can step in" (Home Alone). International adoptions can sometimes be tricky. Many countries have constantly changing laws on international adoption. "Adoption laws change from year to year, and from country to country. Changes in intercountry adoption bans and regulations in different countries may cause unexpected challenges for prospective international adoptive parents." (Child Welfare Information Gateway). Often times many international adoptions can become corrupt. Children are sometimes smuggled across borders. "If the children travel through an official border the adult who accompanies them needs to have paperwork, but in its absence a bit of money in an envelope does the trick"

The image of an American family has changed dramatically over the last fifty years. American families are no longer modeled after the Cleavers. International adoption has contributed to this changing family view, bringing in children who are not biologically related to their parents and often of a different race. This new American image has helped eliminate race related issues. So, what is the controversy with international adoption? Children are the future of a country; children are human resources. If a country is losing their children to international adoption; the county is losing the gifts and talents that are irreplaceable in those children. Intercountry adoption should not be a viable adoption source because this process does not adequately benefit those involved, international adoption exploits poor children and hurts their countries of origin.

Adoptive parents often decide to go with international adoption due to absurd argumentation. This leaves thousands of children in the United States adoption system; unfortunately, these children cannot stay in the government funded system

After World War II, the dissolution of European families resulted in the significant increase in the number of adoptions of foreign born children. This began America’s active participation in what is currently known as international, or intercountry, adoption. Every year for the last six decades, Americans have adopted thousands of foreign born children. It is the process by which the prospective adoptive parent adopts a child from a country other than the parent’s own, through permanent legal means, and brings that child to the parent’s country of residence to live with the parent permanently. Like domestic adoption, it is the legal transfer of parental rights and responsibilities from a child’s birth parents, or guardian, to a new parent.

Why would anyone care if a child is adopted from another country? Does the care of adopted children from another country really matter? Since the last couple of decades, couples have been able to adopt children from other countries including the United States. Ethnic adoption can ruin a child’s life. It can ruin a child’s life just because love is not enough. There are many factors that need to be emphasized in regards to ethnic adoption. The factors include: the child becoming culturally deprived, the child having weaker family bonds, and that there are other children in America that need

In the beginning, International adoption programs in poor nations like that of Ethiopia, started with a few honest humanitarian adoptions, rescuing orphans from hopeless circumstances. However, once the news of an overflow of healthy adopted children out a specific country reach Western countries, expectant parents that desire healthy children begin to sign up for more children than the small, poor country can adequately supply. As a result of these demands,

In the past, there was a stigma that followed children of adoption. Adoption was kept private to protect children from criticism they would receive and the shame they would feel. Today, many couples choose to adopt as a way to build their family. Everyone knows someone, who knows someone, who was adopted, it’s not much of a secret anymore, nor is it seen as disgrace. Yet, many agencies and adoptive parents lean more towards a closed adoption. Research suggest it is in the best interest of the adoptee for all adoptions to be at least semi-open. Open adoption allows for more honest communication within families, it contributes to the psychological wellness of the adoptee, and it allows the parents and adoptee

The conflict of whether or not single parents should be allowed to adopt has been a very concerning problem in the U.S for many years, and many believe the conflict has became a bigger problem. The real problem that people are not seeing is that children are sitting in an adoption home without the love and care they need. It doesn't matter whether a parent is married or single they still offer the love a child needs. And in all reality growing up with one parent is better than growing up with none, do to my experiences. When you limit adoption down to only couples it becomes a huge detriment in the chance of a child getting adopted. For the most part, all a child needs is love; something child hearts are full of.