nt is to look at the history of paying for children, including surrogacy, some of the legal issues involved, and the ramifications of paying either a fee for services or a price for the child itself.
One of the most important issues that needs to be considered in talking about baby selling, or a baby market, is the differences between adoption which is accepted as a legitimate and compassionate act and baby selling, which is thought of as despicable and exploitative. What are some of the differences?
The basic distinction between adoption and baby selling is that the former is designed specifically to perform the service of mediating between children without homes and parents who wish to provide them. Adoption is designed to provide services, not product, and to receive fees directly tied to the provision of those services.
Baby selling, on the other hand, is exactly what is sounds like. Potential adoptive parents put up a certain sum of money in order to obtain a product, in this case, a baby. The adoptive parents may negotiate with an intermediary, or directly with the parents themselves. The end result, however, is that they are negotiating to obtain a product.
In adoption, the child or children are made available to those who wish to provide a home and family for one or more children. Adoptions are generally handled through an agency which is frequently licensed by the government. Adoption agencies receive money for their services. They generally have placement processes which explore the prospective parents' history, work, home life, and other factors. They may refuse a particular couple the possibility of adoption for one or more reasons. Adoption agencies have obtained legal rights to the children they offer for adoption, either through the parents renouncing parental rights, or through the death of the parents.
On the other hand, baby selling is a less bureaucratic, and often more single handed p...