Russian adoption ban will hit disabled children, evangelical Christian families
The couple has two biological children — Kenya, 6, and Judah, 23 months — but lost their conjoined twins Melody and Madison in November 2008. Since then, Vanessa wanted to adopt another special-needs child.
“Adoption is a beautiful gift,” she said by phone from Fort Worth, where her kids yelled and played in the background. “God adopted us through Jesus when we did nothing to deserve it. It’s a beautiful picture of the Gospel.”
But since Putin signed the adoption ban last week, the Delgados and other adoptive parents have begun to wonder what will happen to the disabled children left behind. According to The Promise, a London-based non-profit group that promotes early childhood education in Russian orphanages, more than 200,000 children in Russia are currently institutionalized.
On Facebook and Blogspot, where an entire mommy-blog community has grown around adoption ministry, parents gathered to share laments and prayers.
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We do know how awful Eastern Bloc orphanages are, and we know full well how special needs orphans are treated.
On paper they have a heck of a better shot at some quality of life in the US, but Pooty is very Russian in his casual disregard for the lives of his own people.
For reference see: All of Russian history…
CorporatePiggy on January 2, 2013 at 4:25 PM
Move on…that’s my advice, there are many other children around the world that need your help.
Russia is a drop in the bucket of inhumanity to children…the less promotion you give Putin, the less you talk about it, the quicker he will reverse his decision…but show angst and anger and it will just show him he did the right thing by his standards.
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 4:27 PM
I don’t know how one would get a hold of the guy who is rescuing these kids, but … .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFUSl4GCIVs
davidk on January 2, 2013 at 4:27 PM
Boehner as a child http://ww2.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GOP-crybabies.jpg
davidk on January 2, 2013 at 4:28 PM
All the above are nonentities to the secular humanists establishing their utopian hell on earth.
tom daschle concerned on January 2, 2013 at 4:28 PM
And white people who want to adopt white babies.
At least Russians have A People… Western Europeans(and expecially anglo countries) are losing their identities at all.
ninjapirate on January 2, 2013 at 4:33 PM
I can’t find any information about this “non-profit”…are you sure this is not some shell to promote the huge profitable business of orphan selling in Russia?
“Selling” orphan’s is big money around the world…
There are 53 million orphan’s in Africa…53 million…
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 4:37 PM
Yes, yes, & yes.
Very well said.
itsnotaboutme on January 2, 2013 at 4:41 PM
68.9 million orphans in Asia…10.2 million in South America…technically none in the U.S., since all are placed with foster homes or with small group homes that work with adoption agencies…but less than one million, about 25,000 “orphan’s” opt out because of age (18 yrs) each year.
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 4:43 PM
You don’t choose Russia simply because you want a white baby.
The Ukraine, Bulgaria and Latvia are three countries with plenty of white children available and programs that are cheaper and just as stable (if not more stable) than Russia’s program.
Most of the people I know that adopt from Russia felt called to adopt from Russia. Given that, they aren’t going to give up on Russia so easily (especially since most of them are adopting kids with special needs and there are already ammendments in process in the Duma to allow U.S. adoptions for kids with SNs).
JadeNYU on January 2, 2013 at 4:47 PM
Always someone brings up race as an issue…no one else thinks of this, no one but just a few “special” people see race under every rock…
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 4:52 PM
Like it or not, race is an issue in adoption. Adoption agencies consider it, and inter-racial (often called “trans-racial”) adoption families have to deal with different issues than same-race adoptions. There is often a question of “cultural heritage” and how to handle different backgrounds. Besides, if there is nothing wrong with adoptive black parents preferring to adopt a black child (and most would), then there is nothing wrong with adoptive white parents preferring to adopt a white child.
DrMagnolias on January 2, 2013 at 5:04 PM
Race is really less of an issue than you’d think. My 11yo daughter has a friend in her class who was adopted from China. We were talking to her about it the other day, we said, you know, like your friend. She had no idea what we were talking about. We asked if she never noticed her friend is Asian and her parents are white and blonde. She’s like, uh no, not really. Seriously, it’s not even an issue.
Other white friends in the deep south adopted Hispanic boys and said it badly ever comes up. Out pastor adopted from china and Ethiopia after their 4 blond kids, they are quite the sight, but really, race isn’t a big deal.
Especially families who feel called to bring a special needs child into their family have a lot bigger issues on their mind than color of skin. Any one who cares about designer kids does in vetro or uses a surrogate.
rose-of-sharon on January 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Hardly not badly,sorry
rose-of-sharon on January 2, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Btw, most African countries don’t allow for adoption either. China is actually a rare county that does.
rose-of-sharon on January 2, 2013 at 5:52 PM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/01/02/Bill-backs-US-adoptions-of-North-Korean-orphans
davidk on January 2, 2013 at 6:09 PM
Certainly not to discount your own experience, a quick search on interracial adoption shows that there are often issues faced by adoptive families and children that others do not face.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700006219/Addressing-interracial-adoption-issues-important.html?pg=all
http://www.adoptionissues.org/LOVE_ENOUGH.HTML
Even though race has not seemed to be an issue thus far in the families you know, that does not mean it will never be one, particularly as children become adolescents and start trying to figure out their own identity, as all adolescents do.
In any event, there is nothing wrong with people wanting to adopt within their own race, which was the object of criticism in r2b’s post.
DrMagnolias on January 2, 2013 at 6:12 PM
Didn’t mean to imply that inter-racial adoptions create NO issues, just than it’s less than you’d think, less than I thought in the families I know. Especially when adopting a special needs child, race is going to matter even less. Of course every aspect should be considered when adopting, it’s a huge decision. I would think the age of the child would effect how much consideration you give it as well. Adopting a baby from china when you live in silicon valley is different than adopting a 5 year old child from Africa when you live in Utah I’d think.
rose-of-sharon on January 2, 2013 at 6:48 PM