Adoption

Every story has the same three items; a beginning, a middle, and an end. Anyone who has ever read a book would tell you that you are crazy to start at chapter three, you miss the how the story was established, the history, opening to the plot, introduction to key characters but that is what it means to be adopted. Those first few chapters are missing The reason I believe that people say my life story is because life has those same three requirements we just call them different things, birth.…

Adoption and Foster Care in Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, adoption and foster care is a coordinated effort between multiple agencies to ensure each child receives the loving care they deserve. Overseen and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) serves children who currently need permanent homes. As a trusted resource for the advocacy of children, SWAN is made up of foster and adoptive parents, private adoption agencies, the…

Adoption is a very controversial topic. However, much of this controversy is caused by misinformation or being ill informed on the subject of adoption. Adoption is a very complicated issue and there are many questions that can be posed regarding the ethics of adoption, but one of the biggest and most overarching questions about adoption is whether or not it is ethical to separate a child from their biological family and place them with a different family and whether the possible emotional strain…

Currently throughout the world adoption is made to be difficult, while it is not the mean of the country they are wanting to find their citizen the best home possible. There needs to be a global push for adoption “Worldwide, there are an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 international adoptions per year” (Bartholet). In some Islāmic countries they prohibit adopting of any means, whether it be from within the country or in a foreign country. While in some South American countries they require the…

International Adoption Throughout the span of approximately the last few decades, international adoptions have changed dramatically. Heavy regulations have been applied to the process of adopting internationally to ensure the overall well being of the children who are looking to be adopted into an American home. The regulations have done just that--- protected the child’s welfare--- but only to a certain extent; however, it has made it nearly impossible to adopt a child from another country…

Gay Adoption Should be Allowed and Enforced in Every State in The U.S. “There are no unwanted children just unfound families” (Core Values). Families together are one not anything different from every other family. No matter race, color, or the type of family. Adoption is just a way for anybody who wants to create a family would be able to have the access to have a family of their own. Even to the families who are not able to have a child or does not have a partner to have a child. The…

The widespread sealing of adoption records despite the wishes are needs of the adopted child has been a major public issue in America. The United States government started to conceal these birth records, first from the public and then from people who were named in the records stripping the adoptees of their privileged right to acquire their original birth certificates. Closing records evolved into a standard practice in the 1960’s where the state governments sought to protect biological birth…

Another way to remove the stigma from adoption is to look at the broader society and see why more people do not chose to adopt in the first place. Often, these are children who come from nothing. They have no family to take care of them and are left to try and survive. They are children who have physical abnormalities or mental issues that will need lots of work. In a study by Donna de Maat, adopted children were compared to those who were not adopted, and they saw an increase in the occurrence…

International Adoption (IA) An international (intercountry) adoption is one where the birth country language is different than the language of the country into which the adoption occurred. (Scott et al., 2011) The peak of IA into the United States occurred in 2004. IAs have been steadily declining since then due to government regulation and increasing cost. (CNN, 2013) New trends in IA show that sending countries are placing larger numbers of older children up for adoption. (Selman,…

Legalize Same-Sex Couple Adoption Imagine someone, heterosexual or homosexual, who has dreamed of having kids one day and that that was the only thing they could ever think about. Picture the thought that they had just found out that they were not going to be able to have children and that they had to find some other way of having a family they always desired. Adoption is one of the best decisions, so they go to a same-sex couple adoption….. Same-sex couple adoption should be legalized all…