Do you think that IA adoptions are contributing to child trafficking or is there really not much....?

Question

of a difference between the two?

Do these questions asked by "child buyer" sound any different than yours and do you think if the forged "adoption paperwork" was easy as pie for them, wouldn't it be conceivable that it was done for yours?

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=5326508&page=1

Answer 1

I do.

Answer 2

Yes of course it is.  The law of supply and demand causes the unethical practises rampant in IA today.

Answer 3

Based on information from the US Government's web site on IA, YES!  Read the stat's below (copied from the referenced web site) regarding adoption in Vietnam ("75% of birth parents"! & "the majority of which were not considering adoption..."  I believe the data speaks for itself.  

Regarding Vietnamese adoption:

"...and cases have frequently been tainted by corruption due to weaknesses in the Vietnamese adoption system.

Most troubling, U.S. officials have discovered repeated instances of fraud and corruption in connection with some adoption cases in Vietnam. We believe systemic reform, and more effective safeguards, are needed to prevent the abuses." (See report at: http://www.travel.state.gov/family/adopt...

http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/...

"75% of birth parents who were interviewed by a consular officer stated that in addition to payments for food, medical care and administrative expenses, they received payment from the orphanage in exchange for placing their child in the orphanage. On average this payment was six million Vietnamese Dong, which is the equivalent of 11 months salary at minimum wage in Vietnam. Many of these families cited these payments as the primary reason for placing their child in an orphanage. The majority of these parents also state that they had not considered placing their child in an orphanage until a health care worker or orphanage official suggested to them that they should do so and informed them that they would receive a payment for doing so. Many of these parents also report that orphanage officials told them that the child will visit home frequently, will return home after they reach a certain age (often 11 or 12), or will send remittance payments from the United States. In these cases, the majority of birth parents have said they do not consent to the adoption if any of these conditions are not kept."

Regarding adoptions in Guatemala:

"The Congress in Guatemala passed new laws recently to tighten adoption law within the country. After recent pressure from many countries, including the U.S., the country has enacted restrictions aimed at limiting criminal enterprises that have taken advantage of the old system."

The new law will eliminate mediators, create an oversight body to regulate adoption and will prohibit birth-parents from receiving money for placing their child for adoption.

"We hope to bring an end to these criminal mafias of lawyers and illegal foster homes that have run adoptions in the country," Congresswoman Nineth Montenegro told reporters after the vote."

http://www.internationaladoptionstories....

"Adopting a child in a system that is based on a conflict of interests, that is rampant with fraud, and that unduly enriches facilitators is a very uncertain proposition with potential serious life-long consequences.; When you decide whether to move forward with adoption in Guatemala, you should consider factors beyond timing. Some American prospective adoptive parents are deciding against adoption from Guatemala now because they do not want to support negative child welfare practices. In addition, a child's long-term psychological well-being may be affected if the child later learns that his birth family did not freely choose to give him up or that he, and perhaps siblings, were produced for the sole purpose of adoption. U.S. parents have also discovered that their adoptive children have undisclosed serious special needs due to inadequate foster care and/or fraudulent medical information."

http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/...

Very disturbing statistics, IMHO.

Thanks for the question!  B/C of your question & many others like these, I've learned so much!

Answer 4

If there were no buyers, there would be no market.  There would be no need for people to sell their children if no one was there to buy them.  There would be no need to kidnap kids and sell them if no one were there to buy them.  There would be no need for baby farms if no one were there to buy them.  These things actually happen, every day.  If people didn't want other people's kids so much, these things wouldn't be happening.

What would happen if we did everything in our power to keep mothers and children together?  As I understand it, Australia is doing that, and they have less than 500 adoptions each year.  Interesting stuff, that.  I wonder what would happen to adoptions from China if there were no more buyers.  The Chinese government would be stuck with the problem of caring for all those kids all the way through adulthood.  Maybe they'd get tired of putting out all that money and decide to do something about it.  Maybe some policies would change.  But for now, they're MAKING money off of their one-child policy.  Makes sense, financially, to keep this policy going strong.  Interesting thoughts.  Very interesting.

Answer 5

Wow, that is a horrifying report.  Human trafficking accomplished so easily.

Of course, most adopters believe they know everything about THEIR adoption situation and will always claim the process was ethical.  Forgeries, fraud, child-selling - could never happen to my God-sponsored adoption!   Never underestimate the power of DENIAL.

And please, if you can't have children, stop praying for God to find a child for you to adopt!  You are asking God to destroy a family to satisfy your own needs.

Instead, pray that every child is wanted, loved, and taken care of by their own family.