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Human rights group protests Madonna's adoption

Categories: Celeb kids, Celeb parenting, Rumors

Claiming illegal "rule bending", a human rights group in Malawi says that they hope to halt Madonna's adoption of a 13-month old baby boy, at least for the time being.

A chairman for the group says that the laws of the impoverished African nation are clear that if someone wants to adopt a child, he or she must stay with the child at least 18 months for assessment. That was not done in the case of Madonna's recent adoption.

The biological father of the boy, named David Banda, claims that there should not be a problem, as he gave his permission for the adoption in hope of a good life and education for his son. David's mother died a week after he was born, and his father gave him to an orphanage because he was unable to care for him.
Relatives of the father claim that he did not filly understand the permanence of adoption.

It seems clear that a child of one of the most famous women on the planet would be afforded many more opportunities than a child in an orphanage in Africa, but I don't believe that a country's rules should be bent for fame. What do you think?



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