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Madonna seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused
Madonna seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused
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2013-03-27
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Madonna seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused her request to adopt a three-year-old girl, Mercy James. The reason was that Madonna had not fulfilled residency requirements. The last time Madonna tried to adopt a Malawian child, she met with more success and a heap of criticism.
By plucking David Banda from grinding poverty in Malawi in 2006, she provoked mixed reactions. Some praised the singer for offering a child an escape from a life of misery. Others suggested that the pop queen might have used her wealth and stardom to jump the queue. Detractors also suggested that it was wrong to take David away from his country of birth. The criticism grew louder when it emerged that David was not, in fact, an orphan.
That circumstance is not particularly uncommon. Children given up for adoption often do have a surviving parent but one who cannot provide adequate care. David’s father was still alive but gave him up to an orphanage where he hoped his offspring would have a better life.
The number of families from rich countries wanting to adopt children from poor countries has grown substantially in the past 30 years. And there is little shortage of children who need additional help. In 2005, it was estimated that there were 132 million children who had lost at least one parent in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Around 13 million of these had lost both parents, although most of them lived with extended family.
But difficulties abound. Would-be parents typically want to adopt a healthy and young orphan, usually a small baby. Older children, or those who suffer chronic illnesses, are not in demand.
Governments are understandably uneasy about outsiders removing their citizens. And as the demand for children to adopt has grown, so have examples of abuse, including cases of children who have been kidnapped or parents who have been coerced or bribed. The absence of effective international regulation also allows middlemen to profit from the demand for children to adopt.
The Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoptions is intended to regulate international adoptions. It states that these can only go ahead if the parents’ consent has been obtained without any kind of payment or compensation. Costs and expenses can be paid, and a reasonable fee may go to the adoption agency involved, but nothing more.
We can infer that an adoption is generally acceptable if______.
选项
A、the adopted has no close kin
B、the adopted is a foreign child
C、the adopter is wealthy enough
D、the adopter has won some fame
答案
A
解析
根据文中第二段的“Detractors also suggested that it was wrong to take Davidaway from his country of birth.The criticism grew louder when it emerged that David wasnot,in fact,an orphan.”可知,有些诋毁者还声称,将戴维带离出生国是错误的。当人们发现戴维实际上不是孤儿时,批评声愈发高涨。据此可以推知,接受收养行为的条件是被收养的孩子没有近亲,A项正确。
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