Argument Against Adoption

In a perfect world, there would be no need to adopt children. But because we live in a world that is broken because of death, disease, sin and poverty, vulnerable children are left in the wake. Ideally, those children should be in their own tribe, in their own clan, in their own home, and with their own families. When that isn’t possible, adoption can create a new family.

I agree with the reasons for most adoptions, but I am strongly opposed to one. I do NOT believe that poverty is a valid reason for adoption. No family should have to give up their child because they cannot afford to raise him or her. As a Christian, I believe we are accountable for recognizing this. If mothers or fathers are giving up a child for adoption because they
We must be accountable. We have to find the truth, and we must go into it with our eyes open.

I went naïvely into adoption.

I have learned so much – and yet I still don’t fully understand. But I am now more aware of the corruption, of what adoption looks like, its ideals and its realities. Even so, I still believe there are so many children who need to be adopted to give them a family that every child deserves.

But not every adoption is ethical or what it seems. I now see that combining vulnerable children with a lucrative business called “adoption” breeds corruption. Therefore, we MUST be accountable.

I’m writing this book simply to tell my story of three failed adoptions. Yes, three. My story is full of anger and pain and frustration, but also full of redemption and reunification. It’s a story of family and accountability. I’m not here to judge anyone else’s adoption. I’m writing with the hope that my journey can help identify what accountability looks like when one is searching for the truth. Mostly, I’m writing because it’s therapy, and it’s the only way I know how to make sense of what