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......
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