Adoption is very common among couples that cannot bear a child of their own due to fertility issues. Therefore couples tend to seek out adoption to start their own family. For example, Robert Harrington and Fionnuala Creegan never expected to be raising a Mexican child. But after unsuccessful fertilization, the Irish couple decided to look abroad to adopt a child (Alan Greenblatt 27). It is evident that it is common to seek out different options to start a family. After trying to bear a child on your own and going to dozen of doctors appointments it becomes depressing on the couple.
Adoption is a universal issue. Adoption is the state in which parental rights are legally given to adoptive parents. This is when a child moves from one family to another permanently. Once a child is adopted the biological parent is stripped from all their parental rights to that child. This is very important when it comes to adopting a child because this means that they have the same rights to the …show more content…
A lot of people blame the Hague Convention for the restrictions against international adoption. Over the past 30 years the number of international adoptions has increased tremendously before hitting a peak in 2004. Many thought that these numbers would continue to rise over the years. However, as the years went on the demand for foreign adoption continued to decrease.
Countries are beginning to send fewer children to the Unite States to be raised in American families. In Guatemala adoptions essentially stopped, falling from 3,264 in 2004 to 32 in 2011 (Alan Greenblatt 36). It is clear that there has been a major decline in the demand for not only international adoption but for adoption as a whole. Countries all over the world have similar declines to the numbers above. More than half of the world has strengthened their child protective services to ensure that all children are safe in their
Adoption is a universal issue. Adoption is the state in which parental rights are legally given to adoptive parents. This is when a child moves from one family to another permanently. Once a child is adopted the biological parent is stripped from all their parental rights to that child. This is very important when it comes to adopting a child because this means that they have the same rights to the …show more content…
A lot of people blame the Hague Convention for the restrictions against international adoption. Over the past 30 years the number of international adoptions has increased tremendously before hitting a peak in 2004. Many thought that these numbers would continue to rise over the years. However, as the years went on the demand for foreign adoption continued to decrease.
Countries are beginning to send fewer children to the Unite States to be raised in American families. In Guatemala adoptions essentially stopped, falling from 3,264 in 2004 to 32 in 2011 (Alan Greenblatt 36). It is clear that there has been a major decline in the demand for not only international adoption but for adoption as a whole. Countries all over the world have similar declines to the numbers above. More than half of the world has strengthened their child protective services to ensure that all children are safe in their