International Adoption

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Term Paper Title	International Adoption
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International Adoption

The birth of a girl has never been a cause for celebration in China, and
stories of

peasant farmers drowning newborn girls in buckets of water have been
commonplace for

centuries. Now, however, as a direct result of the one-child policy, the
number of baby

girls being abandoned, aborted, or dumped on orphanage steps is
unprecedented.

Adopting Internationally

Adoption is procedure by which people legally assume the role of parents
for a
person who is not their biological child.  Adopted children become full
members of
their adopted family and have the same legal status as biological children.
Although
the majority of people who adopt are married couples, many single people
also adopt.
Many people seek to adopt when they discover that they cannot give birth to
biological children.  Others adopt children to add new members to a family
that
includes biological children.  Many people adopt simply to give a home and
family to
children who might not otherwise have them.  Likewise, children become
available for
adoption for a variety of reasons.  Some children are orphans.  Some
biological
parents make arrangements for their children to be adopted because they
cannot care
for them due to illness or personal problems.  Other children are abandoned
by their
biological parents (Adoption, CD-ROM).
Adoption is a common practice throughout the world and throughout history.
However, laws regulating adoption vary from country to country.  People
seeking to
adopt in a country other than the one in which they live, a process known as
international adoption, should familiarize themselves with the laws of that
country.
Similarly, although every province recognizes adoption, provincial laws
regarding
specific aspects of adoption vary.
  INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION
A significant number of people seek to adopt children from other countries,
a
process known as international adoption.  People seek to adopt abroad for
many
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reasons.  Many people want to adopt an infant or a very young child.  Some
also
hope to adopt children who share their ethnic heritage.  Such prospective
parents may
find a shortage of suitable children available for adoption in Canada.
Publicity
regarding the availability of infants in a particular country also
encourages some
people to seek to adopt there.  Many people adopt abroad because of
anxieties
regarding domestic adoptions, especially fears that the birth mother will
refuse to
proceed with an arranged adoption after she gi...

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