Hi Liz
A love it or leave it policy helps no one. If she's adopting in a foriegn nation then by the law of that nation it's their child & Britain has no say in the matter weither they choose to live there our just pass through. Britain only has a say within it's own jurisdiction, or at least I would believe it to be so. Just like if you had an adopted child & chose to move here, you would not be told that because our laws differ that you can't say your adopted kid is yours & has to 1st meet our rules.

Hi Lox
I see no reason to look at your tone or question it, I have no doubt that we only have a diffenece in opinions & that's all.
There is no history on the child, she was put on the doorstep of an adoption agency. I believe it was quick because of overcrowding as it is through out Africa & other 3rd world nations. My friends are not well to do by anyone's standards unless you're comparing them to 3rd world living conditions. I don't know how they'd compare to Madonna in the home but I'm sure that Madonna & Guy are capable of offering a loving home & environment as my friends are & that's what matters. The child that Madonna & Guy adopted had a parent but for some reason the parent choose to give it up & place it in an orphanage & giving the father a little finincial assistence would not be appropriate, after all they're there to adopt not give out aid. That's what orphanages do, they try to place parentless(& it seems that this kid is parentless) kids in a home & with parents that will offer a healthy, stable, loving & caring home. The father's relationship is not the priority here neither is the child's past environment. As to attachment and abandonment issues hopefully as in all cases of adoption, that issue will hopefully come to pass. When the father placed the child with the agency that was his choice & at that point the child was cut loose, it was displaced & abandoned. Children with good homes & good parents can have these issues too but if the parents & child can bond those issues can be overcome. I am quite familiar with this, for the past 25 yrs that's what my wife has been involved with, the care & education of poor & troubled children has been her life.

It was also mentioned above about the child's race as being a concern. I will not even discuss that topic.
   
As to the Aids & Malawi. It's not Malawi it's a national, continental & international problem with AIDS/HIV. These diseases are destroying the African continent. One of the by-products of this is the massive amounts of orphan children left to be cared for by grandmothers, the government agencies, health organizations & other charities. They are all overwhelmed & can't keep up, neither can many of the parents. If there's complaining to do it should be directed towards other nations & governments to kick in their fair share & to do more to aid these stricken nations & to adopt some friendlier policies that would add to their relief. Directing complaints at high profile figures that'll sell the news but it's scapegoating & does nothing to help out the situation. The news should be ashamed for covering this story instead of covering the tragedy of it all instead. They should be reporting about other high profile folks that are doing something & not folks that are rying to adopt. For some reason the news media lately has got it in their collective minds that the public really gives a hoot as to who's having who's baby. They should be reporting on Bill Clinton's lifetime commitment & Bono's commitment to helping out with this tragedy. I hear every day about the tragedy of the war but nothing about AIDS/HIV which is killing more per week on the African continent than the war has sense it's start.

Barry