Adoption Speech

Adoption Speech

Adoption Speech


Have you ever wondered who your real mother was? Have you ever wondered what she looks like? Unless you are adopted these thoughts would never enter your mind. What is adoption? Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth (or "biological") mother or father. In other words it’s when a pregnant mother agrees to gives their child to another family to take care of. In many cases it is teenage pregnancy and accidental insemination that lead to adoption.

The topic of adoption has been debated over many times. Should homosexual people be allowed to adopt? Should adoption be allowed to take place? These are questions that I will be answering in the next few minutes. Adoption has made many headlines in the news from Brangelina to Madonna. Many of these adoptions have had controversy surrounding them. The controversy being that they adopted children from other countries. I am now going to read you Madonna’s fight for “her” child.

In the fall of 2006, Madonna traveled to the African nation of Malawi where she is building an orphan care center with her foundation Raising Malawi. Soon after her trip, news broke that she and husband, Guy Ritchie, were adopting a 13-month-old boy named David. Local human rights groups have since gone to court, challenging the Malawian government's decision to allow Madonna to adopt David. They believe that Madonna used her wealth and celebrity to fast track the adoption. News outlets have also recently reported that David's birth father, whom originally was in support of the adoption, claims to not have fully understood what he was saying when he encouraged the adoption.
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200610/20061025/slide_20061025_350_101.jhtml

It is cases like these that make adoption seem controversial. In this case it is very possible that Madonna only adopted David for the media’s attention.   In all adoption cases you need to think about what is...