International Adoption Persuasive Speech

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When Romans and Hindus conceived the idea of adoption they did not contemplate it as a mode of conferring state legitimacy on illegitimate children. The sole object then was to provide a child to childless. It was a means by which the family line was prevented from extinction made to continue.
ICA has pressed into the public consciousness in two contradictory ways. On the one hand, ICA is presented as a heart-warming act of good will that benefits both child and adoptive family. The child is characterized as a bereft orphan doomed to a dismal future within a poor country. The future of ICA will be determined by the perceptions of its success held by officials and the public in the children's countries of origin. Safeguards contained in the …show more content…

Like any other types of adoption, ICA can be expensive, time-consuming and uncertain. If the challenges involved in inter country adoption can be taken care of then ICA will give thousands of families’ joy and satisfaction as it has already fulfilled dreams of many.
Human rights activists in the international adoption arena have spoken with a relatively singular voice – a voice that is generally critical of international adoption, calling either for its abolition, or for restrictions that curtail its incidence in ways that I see as harmful to children, limiting their chances of being placed in nurturing homes with true families , and condemning even those who are placed eventually to unnecessary months and years in damaging …show more content…

With more and more families coming forward to adopt children within the country we need to understand what works best , say for example in context of India – a context that is pluralistic and ridden with inequalities, but provides a child a great deal of stability and strength, through the family. In understanding the influences on the growing child it is important to take into consideration the socio-cultural

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