Overpopulation in China
China, country of 3 billion, over 1/4 of the worlds inhabitants! China is indeepd overpopulated. SOme people have the misconception that infanticied in China is widespread. This is untrue. While some people do destroy their children, especially daughters or children with birth defects, most parents abandon their children only if absolutly neccasary, often when the family's food runs out. The child would die if they remain with the parents, so the parents leave the baby along the street or on the doorstep of the nearest orphanage. At least they have the decency to leave their ch ildren where someone will find them, instead of in a dumpster, a toilet, or a garbage bag. What happens to these abandoned children? Most end up in orphanages, where there is little food. The children who are the healthiest receive the most food, while the sickly ones receiving little food or care. Many of the sickly infants end up in foster homes, where they are cared for as well as possible. Many of the children die, but many others surive. Many of these children are adopted by American families. One such child is 2 year old Hope Taylor, adopted at seventeen months. "Hope is the answer to our prayers," says her mother. "We've sent in our papers for #2." 36 year old Leesa Anne, a single mom awaiting referall for a special needs Chinese daughter, says "overpopulation is a blessing in disguise. Because of it I'm going to have a daughter." So, while overpopulation is a problem in China, to adoptiv eparents here in American it is, indeed, "a blessing in disguise"
The author of this artical is a sister to Shealynn Amay, previously Xing Yama, adopted from China at 10 months
