Ethics Of Child Adoption Essay

Many people in society know at least one person who’s adopted, even if they aren’t a close friend to them. Adoption has been around for many years, but only recently became a legal process. Of the 1.8 million adopted children in the United States, 37 percent were adopted from foster care, 38 percent joined their families through private domestic adoptions (excluding step-parent adoptions), and 25 percent were adopted internationally (Business Insights). Adoption is a great way for families to grow if a couple is facing infertility, adoption from foster care is great for children who would otherwise be in non-ideal living conditions. What goes into adoption can sometimes be questioned the ethics of the process. Couples hoping to adopt go through endless hours of home studies, and your average adoption costs up to $40,000 (americanadoptions.com). They face the grief of their possible infertility and have to balance being happy with their new child and feeling guilty about taking a baby away from its mother. Birthparents face endless ridicule for “giving up” their babies, they face the grief of losing a child and they may or may not ever see that child again. Is adoption really ethical if it means taking …show more content…
Being a part of this journey is a hard and emotional rollercoaster. Birth families have to deal with the loss of a child, even in open adoptions there is still a loss. Adoptees have to deal with not looking like their family, being different, and in closed adoptions not knowing why they were given up. Adoptive parents and potential adoptive parents have to deal with their own infertility, costs of adoption, and the stress from learning to bond with a child that isn’t biologically theirs. If you know anyone going through any of these situations just being there for them helps. Understand that what they go through is difficult, and the emotions can sometimes take a toll on