We need to have a means of devising and instituting standards of conduct within the industry and then enforcing these standards. Neither the industry nor our government has yet to institute such a system. The consumers of adoption services have less protection than consumers of legal services, medical services or of any product. We would hope the industry realizes that the presence of unethical criminals hurts the ethical people in the industry and helps tarnish the image of the industry as a whole. This is why we are establishing the National Association of Ethical Adoption Professionals and asking ethical professionals to join us.
Many complex issues surround adoption.
The lines are blurred, there are no good guys and bad guys, there is no absolute right and wrong, there is no black and white, there are only shades of gray. We must never lose sight of the fact that no matter the desperation of potential adoptive parents for a child, no matter the greed of unscrupulous adoption workers, no matter the laws or regulations present now or in the future and how they stack up against whatever laws of whatever deity that holds your faith, adoption is first and foremost about the child and the child's right to a family. The process must be reformed so that it focuses on the child and the child's right to a family. Every day another story appears about adoption crimes and their victims. Every day is a day too late to enact reforms for those victimized that day.