Dec 4, 2008

Adoption | The Rights of the Child Must Be Protected

L. Anne Babb is executive director of the Family Tree Adoption Counseling Center in Norman, Oklahoma, a nonprofit adoption advocacy organization, and coauthor of Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child. In the following viewpoint, Babb claims that in order to achieve ethical standards in adoption, the rights of the child should be paramount. She contends that the main purpose of adoption is to serve the needs of the child. To fulfill their needs, children in adoption must have the right to be raised in their families of origin when possible, be permitted to maintain...