Yes its midnight and I am still awake. This is my midnight ramblings. I was watching Law & Order (my favorite show ever) and the episode was about a child that was abducted at birth then adopted by a good family. So 12 years later the birthfather finds out about him and wants custody. He wins. The adoptive parents as well as the boy are crushed.
That is the main reason that we decided to adopt internationally. My biggest fear was to have my baby yanked away from us. Here in the US the laws are made to protect the biological parents, but who is protecting the child and the adoptive parents. The laws in this country, I think, are what turns many adoptive parents to other countries. Can this happen abroad? It rather unlikely. One children adopted internationally are usually abandoned in orphanages or government offices. In China, an ad runs in the local paper; in Guatemala they do DNA tests. In Mexico, they also do biological family searches or the biological mother has to sign off on the adoption before giving labor.
While I want my munchkin badly, I dont want him/her to come to me because of a crime. I want munchkin to come to me because a biological mother wanted to give this baby a better life.
Enough of my midnight ramblings...I must sleep
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Midnight Ramblings
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that is the same reason why we chose an international adoption. If someone tried to take my child from me, I would be one of those women you see on T.V. fighting like mad to keep her child. You're right the laws in the US protect the biological parents and they don't really think of the child or the adoptive family.
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