Essay Prompt:

Topic: Should homosexual partners adopt?
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b. Typed, double spaced, 3-5 pages (not counting the title and reference pages), 12 pt font
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Why Gay and Lesbian Couples Should Adopt

The most recent United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) data reveals a total of 132 million orphans worldwide, 13 million of which have lost both parents. Many more children live in poverty abject enough to spawn child labor systems, with 168 million children worldwidealmost 11 percent of all children around the worldas child laborers (Worldwide Childrens Statistics, 2016). Given these alarming statistics, adoption should widely be promoted as an alternative to surrogacy, artificial insemination, fertility drugs, or even natural childbirth. Homosexual couples, both gays and lesbians, who want to start families need to look more closely at their adoption opportunities. Adoption can be framed as a moral obligation for gay and lesbian couples because of the global humanitarian need to alleviate childhood suffering. However, there are other logical reasons gay and lesbian couples should adopt. One is the fact that starting a family can be rewarding, offering the opportunity for parents and children alike to form close and meaningful personal relationships. Another is the ability for gay and lesbian couples to create a family legacy, without which they may end up giving their money to charity or to secondary relatives. There may also be some clear benefits to opting for adoption over alternative means of child rearing including artificial... For example, some employers and some states offer tax credits for parents who adopt. Given the wide range of benefits to adoption, it is recommended that homosexual couples adopt.
For a gay or lesbian couple, adopting can in many ways be more rewarding, psychologically and socially satisfying than alternative child rearing or family planning options. Many homosexual couples use methods like artificial insemination or surrogacy, both of which offer the opportunity for at least one member of the family to pass on his or her DNA and create a biological child. Not all people need or want to propagate their own DNA through biological childbirth, but those who wish to do so can enhance their family through the introduction of an adopted member. The world is already overpopulated, and with 132 million orphans worldwide, the number of unwanted childrenthe vast majority of which live in abject povertyis astounding (UNICEF, 2015). The only way to alleviate the suffering of unwanted children is to ensure that adoption is globally available and widely promoted as an alternative to other forms of family planning. Even heterosexual couples should be adopting in addition to practicing natural childbirth, whenever possible. Adoption is a humanitarian service. Even profit-driven family planning services that provide invitro fertilization and surrogacy say adoption is also a great choice for both lesbians and gay men, (Attain Fertility, 2016). Presented as an ethical duty, adoption encourages each person, gay or straight, to play his or her part in alleviating the suffering of children around the world.

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