Adoption provides many opportunities that are not available for children in foster homes and tends to present more favorable conditions for their growth and development. With improvements in medical care the number of people living and surviving many diseases has increased. For example more than eight million people are surviving cancer today. Many of these individuals are living normal lives, with normal life spans. Their ability to provide love and care for a child is often unrelated to this condition.
Adoption is very important for millions of people who are unable to have children on their own.
In the selection of prospective adoptive parents all aspects should be evaluated in order to provide the best possible home for a child. Moreover, it has not been shown that people who have, or have had cancer or any other diseases are unable to be effective adoptive parents. By simply excluding people because of current or past conditions many competent, loving would be parents are excluded. Many of these individuals could provide a loving stable environment for a child. This act would take effect immediately.