Childless Indian Couples Want to Adopt Indian Born Children

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HYDERABAD, INDIA, May 8, 2003: In India, childless couples wanting to adopt are often left heartbroken after months and years of waiting. Prospective Indian parents are unlikely candidates as adoption agencies receive more money from foreign parents. Child rights activist Gita Ramaswamy says, “In March 2003, no objection certificate was given to over 100 children going abroad. Are there not 100 parents in India? Across India, there will be 2000 parents waiting.” Baby girls are often the ones who get abandoned in India while many childless couples would like to have a child. “Just last week where there was a report of a mother having abandoned a female baby at the government hospital in Hyderabad; many couples turned up hoping to adopt the baby.”