Child Adoption

I have new friend who is married to a Philippine Marine who wants to have a child. She stop in her work and stayed in Palawan wherein his husband was assigned for one year. Both of them consulted the Ob-gyne and undergo medication, but still they have no child for five years of being married.

He always ask more about my son and I know that she really wanted to have a child. One time she said, "Nagtatampo na nga ako, kasi nakikita ko sa news, merong mga bata na tinatapon lang, tapos ako, di magka-anak." I want to pity her, but I said, maybe this is not the right time for them to have a child.

The last time we met, she said that they will adopt a child that her sister-in-law will deliver this end of August. Her brother decided to give them the child from the moment that her sister-in-law delayed in her monthly period. Now, this friend of mine shouldered all the expenses of her sister-in-law.

I ask her if they will let the child know his real parents, she said, yes, if the child is old enough to understand. I said to her that she can explain to the child that there are two ways of having a child. It is by conception and by adoption.

One thing that they consider in adopting their brother's child is lesser legal process. But there is a good news in child adoption today in the country. They simplified the system of adoption known as, "The Alternative Child Care Code of 2009".