Olivia Durkin (right), 7, and her sister, Lucy, 5, drew on an activity table in their N.Y. home. They were adopted through a program that features special-needs children. (Craig Ruttle/Associated Press)
"Adopted Chinese orphans often have special needs; US couples are now facing tough decisions" by David Crary, Associated Press | April 3, 2010
NEW YORK — Starting in the early 1990s, and as recently as a few years ago, the large majority of Chinese children adopted by foreigners were healthy baby girls abandoned by their parents, often because of a preference for a son in a country rigidly enforcing a one-child policy....
No one should ever abandon a child!
Since 2005, China has eased its one-child policy, fewer baby girls are abandoned, domestic adoptions of healthy orphans have increased, and the waiting time for foreigners to adopt a healthy infant has tripled to roughly four years....
Good, because WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES on this planet if they are USED CORRECTLY!!
I say the MORE LIFE the BETTER, what with all the death and destruction around.
One contributing factor is China’s rate of birth defects, which a government family planning commission said increased by nearly 50 percent between 2001-2006.
That is a sign of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION!!!
Amy Eldridge of the Oklahoma-based Love Without Boundaries Foundation, which oversees several programs to aid Chinese orphans, says many children with birth defects — boys as well as girls — are abandoned, and they comprise a majority of the orphan population....
They used to just leave them outside to die.
Oh, I'm sorry, that was the West.
Also see: Abortions Lead to Adoptions in China
Chinese Babies Crying
Chinese Child Killers
Through invasions or... ?
