Adoption system in Chile
Watching the news a few weeks ago it caught
my attention a very special reportage about an Italian couple that came to Chile
This couple arrived to Chile a couple of
month ago because in Italy, the adoption system is extremely complicated and
can take long to adopt, and they had some issues so the could not conceive (You
should also know that he is Italian but she moved from Chile to Italy when they
got married), so they decided to come here and adopt in a different way. Aside
of this story there was a sex worker here in Chile who got pregnant with her
8th child, and as she could not afford raising the little girl, she decided to
give her up, as she had done already with 6 other of her kids, instead of going
through the conventional adoption system she decided to say that the kid was
the Italian’s daughter, and so he should take her. The police found out and
they are now facing a, in my opinion, extremely unfair trial, the girl was
taken away from them for a couple of weeks and now they have her again to take
care of. Yes, i admit it is true that they did not go the conventional way, but
investigating I realized that the adoption system in Chile is extremely slow,
the home for kids looking for parents are full and it is not because people
don't want to adopt, it is because if you ask for a baby (they are the most
requested because you can actually raise them) about 1 year old, you will
probably get him/her, if you are lucky, by the age of 10, so .Is it really fair
for this couple to be facing a trial for trying to give this little girl a safe
home and life? Could you really blame them for trying to have a daughter when
there is absolutely no law against what they did? what do you think?
As we all probably (or should) know, justice is upside down. Antisocials walk and swarm free on the streets while honest people are full of locks and alarms. I think it's a bit the same in this case. While laws exist for a reason and should be respected, should also be considered in these cases the intent and purpose. They did not do what they did to commit a crime or breaking the law, they just wanted a baby. I think chilean's justice look too much on technical terms on things that really have nothing bad (given the good intentions) and trials are raised slightly, I think, to give testimony that the justice system works in Chile, but when the heavy hand should fall on those who really deserves it, the system is weak and we fall back into the same old problem: an unjust justice.
ReplyDeleteIt's really unfortunate that this family wanted to adopt the child, but keep in mind that if a system is that adoption is necessary because in many cases families are reliable and just want a baby, but do not always have the right conditions for a child this well, and if we think that the child is placed for adoption to give a better life. would be totally contradictory to the child for adoption to any person in the future have the same quality of life that cares. but certainly the process should be faster.
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DeleteYeah, i totally agree with you. I never liked the process of adoption in Chile, is way too long. and ask a lot of papers, which while necessary, but make the process tedious and slow.
ReplyDeleteIn the case of this family, although it was not good that didn't pass the normal process of adoption or legalized. But they did the only thing they could do to not be in a long process that could have ended in a negative.
I think that all is for their wish of to be parents. and that's fine, they aren't the responsibles, that the system is not well done.