An interesting blog at madison.com juxtaposes the adoption of African-American infants and embryo adoption. Seems like a strange combination at first, but the author makes the point that hundreds African-American infants are being adopted by Canadians and Germans because U.S. families won't adopt them. Meanwhile, the U.S. government plans to spend nearly $1 million this year to promote embryo adoption.
The writer, an adoptive mother, wonders whether "this (federal funding for embryo adoption) is a way to increase the supply of healthy, white infants available for adoption by Christian families at the expense of African American and biracial children."
She cautions readers to consider what could happen to the special needs children worldwide who are waiting to be adopted if people decide to adopt embryos instead.
Link: Blog | madison.com.
I strongly disagree with this writer. If adopting an AA or BR infant was the families first choice then they will stick to that choice no matter what.
Not everyone qualifies for embryo donation either. A woman who cannot carry a child will not qualify. Some adoptive parents want a closed relationship and this is very possible in embryo donation/adoption.
Posted by: Sohma | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at 08:30 PM