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Adopting Outside Your Country

Do you consider Adopting Outside Your Country an insult to those who are within your own country that could be adopted?

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I am not sure. The recent adoptions of kids from Africa and other areas by celebrities made me think a lot. Of course we are talking about areas where there is extreme poverty and all sort of diseases, and is great that someone can actually afford to do that. Those areas are usually forgotten but by the other hand within the USA there is a survey that claims that there are 37 million people who live below the poverty line. Why not adopt a local child?

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Unfortunately, laws within the US have made it very difficult to adopt within the country. I am not saying that you cannot adopt, but am saying that the birth parents (even if they give their child up for adoption) have far too many rights to the adopted child and can make being an couple looking to adopt fear and wonder if their adopted child might be taken away from them in a few years or that they might have to give some time to the birth parent. This is truly unfortunate. I know 5 couples that have adopted. One couple adopted within the US. One couple adopted from Romania. Three of the couples adopted from China. The couples that didn't adopt from the US cited the child adoption and custody laws as being a major concern for adopting a US baby. I don't think it is a insult to the community more than just a sad reality of litigation in the US.

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My uncle and his wife adopted a girl from China and a boy from Korea. It's sad that can be easier to adopt from another country, but that's the way it is in a lot of cases. There is better chance of adopting a younger child and less of a chance of the parent(s) causing problems later.

I'm patriotic, but when it comes to children I think that all children, no matter what geographic location they were born, are equally deserving. It's not their fault where the stork decided to drop them off at.

However, I am sceptical about some of these people, like certain celebrities, who seem to be adopting from certain countries because they think it's hip and fashionable to do so.

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I don't consider it insulting, however, I know that the realization is that by adopting a child from abroad, you are seriously reducing the chances of a family home life for a local child.

I know that in the UK, there are not enough adoptees coming forward to cover the amount of children that come up for adoption, meaning that in reality, as most adoptees apply for under 5's, if a home hasn't been found for a child by the time they reach their 5th birthday, you can pretty much guess that they never will be given a new life with a new family. I find this to be totally unfair in itself, but then when you add to this the amount of potential adoptees who apply abroad, it has a devastating effect on the balance of things.

Concerning celebrities who seem to be adopting left right and centre from other countries, fine if it's genuine, but I can't honestly say that my gut instinct tells me that it is anything more than good publicity for themselves, and it seems to be 'this years must have', and it really infuriates me to no end!

Personally, I don't care the color of a childs skin, all children need to be loved, but surely it's unfair that celebrities can 'fast track' there way through legal documentation, based purely on who they are. I really think that everybody should have the same amount of checks done on themselves, all round it makes for a safer environment for any adopted child.