首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It’ s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt
It’ s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt
admin
2009-01-05
75
问题
It’ s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That’s especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It’ s also tree of children who suffer for years in foster homes because of parents who can’ t or won’ t care for them but refuse to give up custody rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she’s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal c/aim" on her.
The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. That’s an important development, one that’s long overdue.
Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly’ s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wash’ t the Twiggs’ own daughter, but kimberly was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.
The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have standing to sue on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit.
Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aren’t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
Kimberly had been given to Mr. Mays ______
选项
A、by sheer accident
B、out of charity
C、at his request
D、for better care
答案
D
解析
如果考生对第86题作出了正确的选择,那么这个题目也一定能够回答正确。另外,根据第四段中的"Those rights were ended when Mr.Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.”也可作出正确选择。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OMBK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Natureshouldtakeitscourse.B、Peopletakethingsforgranted.C、Humansaredamagingtheearth.D、Animalsshouldstayawayf
NotwomanheldapresidentialcabinetpositionintheUnitedStatesuntil1933,whenFrancesPerkinsbecamesecretaryoflabor.
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
DavidCameronhasnoticedthathealthandsafetyregulationsstopschoolstakingchildrenoutonfieldtrips,outdooractivitie
随机试题
A——cashbusinessJ——modeofpaymentB——commissionreceivablesK——downpaymentC——loanextensionL——repayment
Duringastateofdeeprelaxation,severalphysiologicalchangestakeplaceinthebody:thebody’soxygenconsumptionisreduce
苯丙氨酸羟化酶先天性缺陷可造成酪氨酸酶先天性缺陷可导致
依据《危险化学品重大危险源监督管理暂行规定》的规定,有下列()情形的,危险化学品单位应当对重大危险源重新进行辨识、安全评估及分级。
【背景资料】某公司承建长1.2km的城镇道路大修工程,现状路面面层为沥青混凝土,主要施工内容包括:对沥青混凝土路面沉陷、碎裂部分进行处理;局部加铺网孔尺寸10mm的玻纤网以减少旧路面对新沥青面层的反射裂缝;对旧沥青混凝土路面铣刨拉毛后加铺厚40
根据《旅行社条例》规定,申请设立外商投资旅行社的,应由投资者向()提出申请。
Nooneworddemonstratedtheshiftincorporations’attentioninthemid-1990sfromprocessestopeoplemorevividlythanthesi
下列关于函数的叙述中正确的是()。
【B1】【B10】
Man:Iwasexpectinganotherhot,muggyday.Woman:Butthewindhascooledthingsoff,hasn’tit?Question:Whatdoesthewoman
最新回复
(
0
)