Forced adoption is it right?

Question

is it right for parents to be forced to have their children adopted?

Answer 1

absent of PROVEN abuse and neglect, no

ETA: sure, forced adoption never occurred. neither did slavery, the holocaust, slaughter of the native people or human s*x trafficking.

it must be nice to live in "la la land" where every atrocity can simply be reduced to a conspiracy theory or urban legend.

Answer 2

no, never! its never right! And its been happening for YEARS! Decades!! And its happening right now in MANY countries.

Infact, just for suzysunshine.... who claims they don't happen ( riiiiiiiight ) here are some links:

http://www.babyscoopera.com

http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/4070 ( notice in this video he mentions that its not illegal to buy a child in America did anyone know that? Human trafficking only applies to s*x, not the selling and buying of humans. The selling and buying of humans isn't illegal )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuksKe5B...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_C75RO6L...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZDD_srVo...

http://antiadoption.wordpress.com/2008/0...

http://www.forced-adoption.com/introduct...

http://www.exiledmothers.com/

This is why Vietnam's adoptions are under investigation, as well as Guatemala, as well as Russia, the list goes on and on. What about China and their child policy laws that are focing abandonments to happen or else the govt. will take the children, or do forced abortions.  This is forced surrenders. When there are few laws that protect the rights of the children and lots of money to be made in adoption, forced adoptions and kidnappings happen and children are sold. This is one of the reasons i'm a huge opponent of international adoption.

Answer 3

Morally it is not right, unethical to do so, unless somehow the parents allow it, but that wouldn't be called forced adoption anymore, is it? But no. It isn't allowed. Sue the guy if hes forcing you. You have your own rights if he's forcing you.

Answer 4

It would never be right to be forced to have your child adopted from you... if there is danger to the child, wouldn't the courts be placing the child with a relative? idk, but that sound terrible!

Answer 5

ive  never heard of forced adoptions..

Answer 6

Are you talking about kids taken away for abuse in neglect? In the US they are taken into the foster care system and parents have a chance to clean up their act. If they don't then yes, it is right for parents to lose children they mistreat.

Answer 7

if the parents are dangerous or had a history of abusing children then i think it is right. some people just arent good parents for many reasons such as addictions or mental health and it is the child that has to come first

Answer 8

It depends on who you ask and what their agenda is..but anyone that is pro human rights would tell you its the opposite. Its absolutely Wrong.

People making money off the adoption or that wants a child but is infertile would agree with that immoral criminal thinking. Desperate people don't care whom it affects as long as they get themselves a kiddie to label their own.  

Answer 9

I've never heard of forced adoptions, but if they do happen I think they are wrong. Its the parents choice whether to keep the baby or not.

Why give me a thumbs down people? Its your body and your baby, no one can make you give up your baby. I would love to see someone try to do that with me. It would be the last thing they do. It doesn't matter if the parent is 15 or 16, yes maybe they shouldn't have kids that young, but if they decide to keep him or her thats their right!

Answer 10

Dear Sheryl,

I am sorry so many people are so uninformed about what goes on in the world!

Forced adoption is unfortunately alive and well in many places but most notably, it has been a rather hot topic in the UK for the last few years. It has been a significant problem, especially since UK Family Courts are "closed". (Secret, meaning that parents are often not even involved in the Court proceedings!)

Forced adoption is a terrible practice and should NEVER happen without irrefutable proof of abuse or severe neglect. In these cases, the rights of the parent(s) should be terminated by the Court only after every effort to maintain the natural family has been exhausted. Parents should be given the opportunity to defend their families in Court. PR (Termination of Parental Rights) should never be taken lightly and should only occur after a FAIR legal process has been adhered to.

For those who do not believe that this practice still exists need only run a Google search to find hundreds of articles, blogs, web-pages, helplines, petitions and youtube videos which discuss this subject. Here are just a few:

http://amyadoptee.blogspot.com/2007/09/f...

http://www.infoniac.com/news/forced-adop...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1...

http://www.youtube.com/foreveryoung5

The UK is NOT the only place where this happens, although it is one of the worst current perpetrators of this type of immoral family destruction.

Answer 11

yes

Answer 12

Dear Sheryl,

NO!  I'm with Tish here.  If there is no abuse or neglect there is no reason to forcibly remove children from their parents.

Answer 13

Depends what you mean by forced.  If you are referring to the underage mother who wants to keep her child but her own parents "force" her to place it for adoption then I agree, thats wrong and she should be provided with any supports possible to keep her child.

If you are referring to cases like the bio mother of my youngest daughter, a woman who has had 7 babies, 2 miscarriages and one abortion (that we know of) all by the age of 27; who is struggling with drug and alcohol addictions but will not spend more then 2 days in a rehab program (4 tries now); who failed to show up for more then half scheduled baby visits when the baby was in foster care with us; who has refused parenting classes and any help what so ever to learn how to raise her children better; and who still tells the Judge that she does not consent to the adoption and wants to keep her baby(s)....then yes, I agree with forced adoptions.

It all depends upon the situation and every situation is different.  

Answer 14

no but i have not hared of it hampering since the 60's and 70's so where is it going on now?

Answer 15

No, unless they are abusive or on drugs,

Answer 16

I had my child adopted against my will because I was young and naive enough to think the social services were there to help.

Little did I know that they were in severe debt and got extra government 'bonus' money for every adoption.

They tricked and lied to me and adopted my baby against my will.

Saying my "depression" (which was never diagnosed or medicated) could possily harm the baby in the future.

I was only "depressed" about my housing situation, which I thought they'd help me with.

5 years later I am a fantastic mother to another child who I asolutely devote my life to.

but I'm still living with the trauma of my first son being taken away, every day knowing that I could be giving him more love than anyone else.

It's not natural, it's horrile, it's not fair, not even fair on the child!

As long as there is money to be made, babies will be snatced.

Answer 17

No. I don't believe under any circumstances. Fostered out if parents are horrible but still not adopted

Answer 18

It's not right to walk around with a live fish in your brassiere.

It's not right to shout out the ending in a movie theatre.

It's not right to lie down in the aisle of a crowded airplane.

These things don't happen and neither does forced adoption.