We must realize that adoption is not a clearly painted picture. The reality is that there are several different pictures of adoption and the issues or reasons are not always cut and dry. One major thing is that some people do not stop and realize what kind of lives some adoptees would have faced without being adopted.

Yes, I do understand the some birth mothers have given up a child and then get to a point that they could have parented the child. There are also birth mothers that do not fit into that category. It could be because of their choices in life or things that are beyond their control.

There are older children, sibling groups and children fighting serious illnesses that are being adopted. Yes, there are more children that are waiting and hoping that they will find a family to call their own.

A mother spent her Fourth of July opening her arms to a 3 year old toddler with HIV. He will join a family with a total of nine adopted children. She is the founder to Chances by Choice that works towards children with AIDS or HIV finding adoptive homes.

This toddler got a chance at a life because of A-Hope orphanage where all the children living there have lost their parents to AIDS and they are HIV positive. At one time there was not much hope for these children at the orphanage. Before, when a child came in, the cost of a funeral was in the budget. Now, the money is going to drugs to fight HIV and to give these children a chance to find an adoptive family.

No child deserves to go without a family whether they are born in the United States or born overseas. Does it really matter what caused these children to need a family? Should death of parents, poverty, serious illnesses, abandonment, abuse, or a parent choosing not to be a parent to their child or children be somehow a ranking on what makes a child more worthy to be adopted?

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HIV/AIDS: The Forgotten Children