Down Syndrome and International Adoptions part 3

My question for this entry is.....how do these countries get by with human rights violations? The treatment of kids & adults with disabilities is reminiscent of Hitler's  Action T4 program. Hitler considered the adults and children with disabilies as useless feeders and had no place in his beloved Reich. The disabled were the first victims of Hitler.

Nazi Germany and its territories had posters telling the citizens it cost the government 60,000 Reich Marks for each disabled person during their lifetime. In October 1939 Hitler signed a backdated Euthanasia Decree allowing the disabled to be murdered without the parents consent. It's hard to believe over 65 years later the disabled are still denied life. The only difference is the countries are not actively murdering these children but by denying basic needs and surgical intervention it hastens their deaths. In some countries disabled children are sent to adult institutions to live out their lives. Over half will die within one year of the transfer. The Americans know the reality these kids face if not adopted by the age of 5 and some of these countries use that knowledge to profit from the adoption.

One of the adopting parents referred to the money given to a facilitator as "bribe money", another stated she was adopting a third child as she had already bought two . She seriously said she bought children, I do believe she had good intentions to help the kids and did not have ulterior motives or evil plans after the adoptions. But she said she bought another human being.

Stay tuned to more entries about this subject.

Special Needs and International Adoptions part 2

As a former healthcare provider I have worked with different disabilities including Alzheimer's disease, MS, CP, Mental Retardation, Huntington Disease and Down Syndrome. Because of HIPPA  I can't discuss any individual even though most have passed away but the CP , MR and DS patients were American but spent all their lives in institutions. Our country has improved their attitude towards disabilities the last 30 year's or so but still have a long way to go.

Even though Americans are adopting kids with DS internationally our Dr's are encouraging women to terminate when DS is diagnosed or suspected. 90-95% of women abort when prenatal testing indicates DS, only 5-10 out of 100 will carry to term. The sad reality is not every prenatal test is correct.

My great nieces were misdiagnosed with DS when my niece was 18 weeks and the Dr gave her the option to terminate the pregnancy . Thankfully my niece declined and continued a high risk pregnancy. They were born at 31w 5d and spent a few weeks in the NICU. They did have oxygen briefly and ng tubes because they weren't able to nurse for a few weeks. The girls are fine, the Dr was wrong. Thank God she chose to continue the pregnancy no matter what. She fought for her girls to give them a chance to thrive, to live.

Even if the diagnosis was correct she would've kept the twins. In many EE countries because of poverty keeping a child born with disabilities is not an option. 

Down Syndrome and Special needs international adoptions. Part 1

If you offend easily please be advised to stop reading now. I'm brutally honest with my thoughts regarding international adoption and other controversial issues. I am not here to judge or criticize anyone because these kids do need help. I have been silently reading blogs and some have warmed my
heart, others are questionable and some make me think this is human trafficking. I honestly don't think the wrong doing is on the adoptive parents part but on the regions the families are adopting from and by some of the facilitators or agencies. I do realize collecting the proper documents, home studies, physicals, notaries, appostiles and postage is quite costly. Adding to the cost is multiple trips overseas, passports and travel visas. Once you're there you pay for lodging, food, translators and transportation not including the adoption fees plus a ton of other things.

What I'm questioning is this why are some regions more expensive to adopt from in the same country? I read two different blogs from around the same time and one paid over 10k more in fees/services than the other family. So either the agency or facilitators have deep pockets.

I am amazed how people open their hearts and wallet to give these kids a chance in life. We are all made in God's image even those born with disabilities. Children born with a disability are capable of learning and deserve love. They deserve a chance in life and to be treated with respect. The orphan deserves  compassion, a home and a family of their own. They deserve healthcare that improves quality of life. They deserve EVERYTHING they were denied because of poverty  and social stigma.

I can't imagine living in a society that encourages mothers to abandon their children because the child happens to have a disability or isn't perfect. What's perfect or normal?