Jennifer Aniston reportedly ready to adopt

Good for her. There are lots of babies in this country that need a loving parent.

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It has also been reported that it was Oprah who suggested that Aniston adopt an African child, an idea which Aniston turned down.

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I feel the same way. I wonder if there are less restrictions for out of country adoptions? I bet Jennifer would be a wonderful mother. She's got that look about her.

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I think that is wonderful. Good for you, Jen. It's about time somebody start looking to help our own country. Although don't give up on finding the right man and having your own!! She will make a great mother.

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In addition to adoption, she should also consider freezing her eggs so that she has the opportunity to have her own biological child in the future, when she does finally meet mr. right. Women can successfully carry children into their early fifties as long as they are using a younger, healthy egg.

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Except in our country babies are aquired by coercion and many are not truly in need of a home -- the moms are just fed brain washing to believe that.

Normally I really like Jennifer Aniston, but proclaiming to get her a child... and to further say it has to be a boy... Well, Im sorry. Adoption should be about finding homes for children who actually need them. Not to provide children for those who want to put down roots in order to not be so desperate for the future.

Those are someone elses roots she is taking.

Especially in THIS country.

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I adore this woman but I think she is losing it. She has had a tumultuous life in the past several years and I don't think adopting a child is the quick fix she is looking for.

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KD--adoptive children ARE one's own children.

Christine--coercion? What are you talking about?

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I'll just post this response that I wrote in my personal space. Beyond that I'm not going to engage in any kind of argument... especially if it is with someone who hasnt been through it.

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So.. it is being reported that Jennifer Aniston is trying to adopt. It is being further reported that she asked her lawyers to "get her a baby" and that she wants a boy. It is FURTHER reported that her reasoning is to put down roots in order to be less desperate about the future.

BIG FAT FOUL!

Even if it is half truths -- this is what is out there plastered everywhere.

This is the one and only time that I will be siding with Home Wrecker Extrodinaire Angelina Jolie.

Dear Miss Aniston,

In the USA the adoption institution is about coercing expectant mothers into thinking that they are not capable of parenting.. that their children would be better off with someone else... that THIS is the answer to the issues at hand. They are told that they will be able to go back to normal life and that adoption is a win/win situation for everyone.

What expactant parents are NOT told about is the empty hole that adoption rips in their lives. The torture of losing your child because you believed lies... the self hatred that comes with knowing that you thought so little of yourself that you believed the warm fuzzy stories about "completing someone else's family"... the endless nights of tears and loss and grief... that no picture sent once or twice a year can ever heal.

In the United States of America adoption has become about people like you... buying babies to fill some weird need that you feel you are entitled to have filled.

FYI ma'am... at the very least when we are trying to do the best thing for our child we are fed the line that a two parent home is better. Anyone who offers up their kid to you, as a single parent, was just bought off. Congratulations and be very glad that you live here and especially in California where it is legal to pay virtually unlimited expenses.

Please do not think, in any way, that your gesture of desperation measures up to the home that Ms. Jolie has given to children actually in need.

Sincerely,

A mother who agonizes daily over the loss of her child to the institute of adoption.

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Apologies for giving my two cents worth despite not having "been through it."

First, let me say that in my opinion, if it is at all feasible, a birthmother should be encouraged and supported if she wants to raise her own child. She should not be pressured either to abort or relinquish the child. Either "choice" hurts mainly the birthmom, and is often recommended for the comfort of the birth father or the birthmom's other family members. We talk about "choice" yet don't really leave the "choice" up to the person most deeply affected. It is nonsense to suggest that any non-homeless birthmom in the US would be unable to physically provide for a child. And it goes without question that any sane birthmom is capable of showing her child the love he/she needs to grow into a well-adjusted adult. I know many well-adjusted kids who were born to young, single mothers. It helps that they are accepted and loved by their extended family. The problems arise if the extended family / community treats the child as if he/she has less value than other children, which is totally ignorant. They are all God's children.

Notwithstanding the above, I do believe that adoption is a better choice than abortion - for everyone involved. I don't know whether or not the ability for a birthmom to easily choose adoption decreases the prevalence of abortion, but if it does, then I think that's a good thing.

I am planning an international adoption. The main reason is that I feel the kids available for international adoption are in a much more needy situation - their chances of even surviving infancy, let alone getting an education and a productive career, are poor. This is not the case for infants available for adoption in the US. There are so many Americans who want to adopt a kid that looks just like them, I am not too worried that many healthy US infants will be left out in the cold. With respect to adopting hard-to-place US kids, there's a real need there, but I think not everyone is cut out for that, and one needs to go with one's heart on these matters. Others can still help by supporting foster care programs and volunteering with foster kids.

Having said all this, I do think there are many US birthmoms who choose adoption without coercion, and JA should be as free as anyone else to pursue a US adoption. To be honest, when I see so many "celebrities" suddenly pursuing international adoptions, I can't help wondering if this sometimes a publicity stunt. In matters this important, people need to search and follow their hearts.

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"There are so many Americans who want to adopt a kid that looks just like them, I am not too worried that many healthy US infants will be left out in the cold."

It seems to be true that the majority of American who are trying or looking to adopt are indeed wanting children who look like them (or close to it) and that's the problem. I work with kids who were not wanted for adoption, primarily because they weren't little babies and white when they entered the system. I, along with many of them, can spend all day talking about the often unspoken ills and outright horrors of the U.S. foster care system.

Please don't trick yourself into thinking that just because a child grows up in the U.S., that alone provides them with unlimited opportunities and resources and that Americans who really want to make a difference in the life of a needy child, while fulfilling their own desires to become parents should adopt kids in other countries (especially if a white or nearly white baby isn't available). There are many poor and just as needy kids not as far from your doorstep waiting and desperately wanting a loving home.

It is my opinion that no matter what Angelina may have done or will do (after all she like everyone else who comments here is human), she has been and remains sincere about her children and the humanitarian work that she does. However, I am concerned about people, namely celebrities, using children as their latest accessory, their most recently acquired and amusing toy, or something to fill in the boring and lonely moments between boyfriends and movies or as a way to try to cling to a spouse/mate who is ready to leave. Now that's sad. Just as sad, if not worse, than poor, unwanted kids waiting for adoption here AND abroad.

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I thought that Jennifer had always expressed an interest in starting a family when she was married to Brad, but he didn't really want to have kids...

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Jennifer, I really am proud of your decision to adopt a child here in the states.There are so many and children that would proud to have you for a Mother, not because you are a star but because of who you are as a person. Good Luck, I am a Mother of six and now that I am 65 the rewards of Motherhood are priceless. I am being spoiled this time around by all six and grandchildren so follow your heart and I wish you the best life has to offer.

A Fan

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Kudos to Jennifer! It takes a special person to adopt a child. It is a commitment that last well beyond the 18 years many think of as childrearing.

As to the country she wishes to adopt from that does not matter to me. There are children worldwide who need a caring/nurturing/loving parent.

Again, kudos Jennifer!! I wish more single men and women would get serious about adoption!

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go jen! i hope everything works out for her in the long run and i hope she enjoys her childand has a happy life

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Are all you people kidding???!!!! It has been repeatedly emphasised that RAGS like the ENQUIRER are saturated with L-I-E-S!!!!!! Jennifer has more than proven herself to be of sound mind and is clearly alot more stable to provide an honest nurturing home than CERTAIN other celebrities! She has endured FAR more than I ever could have and she has done it with INCOMPARABLE restraint, WISDOM, & GRACE! You can't judge a situation that is LIKELY not only untrue but one we will never know the full details of if it were true!

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My best friend and her husband, both very successful, stable people have been on a list to adopt a child from America for almost 1-1/2 years now - after many home studies, background checks, biographies, and friends testimonies, time and money - they still have not been even lose to becoming parents. They are unable to have one of their own for various reasons- a very heartwrenching situation at the time. As much as I like Jennifer and do agree that she would be a great mother, I cannot help but think that she will easily receive a child before my friend does - a fact that is so not right, but reality in many aspects besides adoption in this country - and we make it that way. Keep that in perspective in this whole controversy.

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Great news, Jen!! You will be such a great mother. After all that's gone on in your life the last few years, you deserve this! You will be such a better mother than....... And I'm so happy you're going to adopt a child from THIS country.

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I truly hope "ger her" a baby is the writer's own stupid remark. If it is, then please come clean and apologize for poorly chosen, offensive statement - to birthparents, adoptive parents, adoptees and Ms Aniston herself.

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I am proud of Jennifer Aniston's decision to adopt. It takes a special heart to give love to another woman's child as your own. It's a beautiful thing that she wants to share the love she has with a child, here or abroad. I know that I am interested in having a biological birth AND adopting when the time is right. I support her fully and I wish her the best of luck. GOD BLESS YOU!!!

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