Regardless if you’re pro or anti-adoption, this article is worth reading, and is especially important for those of you who are internationally adoptive parents (or potential parents.)
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Intercountry Adoption and Poverty: A Human Rights Analysis
Abstract:
This Article explores the question of whether intercountry adoption is an effective, appropriate, or ethical response to poverty in developing nations. As a matter of methodology, this fundamental question of adoption ethics is explored through the lens of international human rights law. This Article specifically argues that, where the birth parents live under or near the international poverty standard of $1 per day, family preservation assistance must be provided or offered as a condition precedent for accepting a relinquishment that would make the child eligible for intercountry adoption.
