Considerations with Adoption There are many people who insist on adoption. Some of their reasons may include: not being able to take care of the child, it’s too much pressure, or because they feel the child will be better off with another family. However, there are various thoughts that need to be taken into consideration before jumping directly to this conclusion. When thinking about adoption, one should consider adoption being encouraged or abolished, the rights of the child, and adoption records being sealed/opened. Those who are seeking for adoption to be best for their child must thoroughly think such a tough decision as this one through. Their first thoughts should weight out if adoption should be encouraged or abolished, more so if …show more content…
All that is viewed as primary in protecting the child’s rights are: protect the child’s rights to grow up with his or her family of origin, to grow up with his or her siblings, to grow up in his or her community, and to “oppose black and gray market adoptions” (Babb 73). With each of these protected rights, the child needs to know the family of origin and to know where he or she initially came from. If taken away from them, as they grow older, they will begin to wonder or may possibly seek after the desired information themselves. This, for most adoptees can be a dangerous risk. Growing up falls under the family of origin. It gives the child an experience they may not have been given if removed from the family at an early age. Positively, it can result in producing bonds that will help to hold the child connected to at least some part of his or her family. Additionally, growing up in the community plays a big role as well. Being able to experience life outside the home and to connect with other people can have a positive influence on the child’s social mobility. It can drive them to being a lot better off if adopted. Lastly, opposing black and gray market adoptions means to “not participate in adoptions in which illegal illicit, or unethical behavior occurs among adoption facilitators, whether those facilitators are professionals or not” (Babb 74). That said, the professional should not encourage the policies or …show more content…
Those who say it should be sealed believe that they should have a right to privacy. There were law suits filed by many anonymous birth mothers after becoming aware of Hill and Bastard Nation which “campaigned hard for the ‘open records’ initiative” (Carnahan 147). However, the U.S. Supreme court rulings judges made it clear that “the promises made to mothers giving up babies weren’t legally binding and that the mothers have no right to privacy” (Carnahan 147). Of course with the law suits being filed, all of the mothers had some type of fear. They feared that “if adult adoptees and birth families had access to the truth in what really happened that they may have some explaining to do” (Castellucci 155). Keeping this type of information from an adopted child can cause serious damage to him or her and their trust for either the adoptive parents or biological parents. This tends to also cause confusion on the child if he or she wishes to “remain anonymous from their offspring” (Castellucci 155). In contrast, those who wish to keep adoption records open believe it is a safe decision because, unlike keeping adoption records sealed, it will not harm the child. They will also not have to worry about explaining what happened because the child will already be informed. It’s said that it helps to lessen confusion and it tends to be easier if done this way, especially with