From what I understand, adoption in Australia is very difficult, as so few children are now put up for adoption.
Adopting from overseas is also very difficult (especially for singles), expensive, takes years and years, and is fraught with situations where you are just about to take a child home and then things change and you can't. Heartbreaking. Some also feel that it's not right to take them out of their country and culture (although if it's that or a horrible life, I know which I think is more important).
Fostering is a completely different kettle of fish, because unless you are lucky enough to get a permanent foster situation, you are completely at the whim of the parents in terms of things like whether they get vaccinated, or even issues like hair cuts or taking them on holiday. Let alone the possibility of having to give them back at any time. It's a special person who does that kind of thing.
When you say people should love and care for children who need it etc, are you applying that to couples with no fertility problems as well? Why are they having their own kids and not all adopting/fostering etc? A statement like that should apply across the board, not just to those who have medical problems, or would prefer not to risk one-night stands to have children.
As far as I know IVF doesn't have a specific age limit, it's up to the discretion of the clinics. But the success rates are pretty low for those much over 40, despite the occasional success story.
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:59 am (UTC)Adopting from overseas is also very difficult (especially for singles), expensive, takes years and years, and is fraught with situations where you are just about to take a child home and then things change and you can't. Heartbreaking. Some also feel that it's not right to take them out of their country and culture (although if it's that or a horrible life, I know which I think is more important).
Fostering is a completely different kettle of fish, because unless you are lucky enough to get a permanent foster situation, you are completely at the whim of the parents in terms of things like whether they get vaccinated, or even issues like hair cuts or taking them on holiday. Let alone the possibility of having to give them back at any time. It's a special person who does that kind of thing.
When you say people should love and care for children who need it etc, are you applying that to couples with no fertility problems as well? Why are they having their own kids and not all adopting/fostering etc? A statement like that should apply across the board, not just to those who have medical problems, or would prefer not to risk one-night stands to have children.
As far as I know IVF doesn't have a specific age limit, it's up to the discretion of the clinics. But the success rates are pretty low for those much over 40, despite the occasional success story.