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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=TheManWithAUsername]If my two-year-old were abducted and taken to, say, Norway (top standard of living in the world) and raised by a decent family (something unclear in the original story) to age six, I would seriously consider leaving her there, as difficult as that would be, rather than traumatizing her that way. Sometimes love requires sacrifice.

I don't think there's an easy answer here. I don't think it's crazy to return the child. Maybe you should similarly consider the nuances and competing interests here.[/quote]
you are not a mother
Lets tell the adoptive parents that love requires sacrifice[/quote]

In the US, this situation happens with some frequency.  For example, a mother gives up a baby for adoption against the wishes of the biological father.  This is illegal, but she runs off to another state to have the baby, does not put down the father on the birth certificate, and then finalizes the adoption.  The father tracks down the child and goes to court to gain custodial rights and is denied because too much time has passed.  The courts are required to do what is in the best interest of the child.  And they almost always keep the child with the adoptive parents.  Even judges who are mothers.[/quote]

All of this is so screwed up. Children belong to their parents, always and under any given condition. If the mother didn't want the child, but the father did, he should have rights over any adoptive parents. The same applies to the Guatemala case. If the real parents want the child, that's where she should go. [/quote]

As screwed up as it seems, the court does not look upon a child as a possession.  And therefore the child's interests come first.  Since uprooting a child from their lifelong family is almost certainly traumatic, it is hard to argue that the trauma is outweighed by being reassigned to a genetic parent.

Think about it this way.  What if someone from child protective services came to you, said "The hospital made a terrible mixup.  Your baby was switched with another mother's baby in the nursery, and we need to fix that".  And then they proceed to take your eight year old away.  How do you think the child that you raised from birth would feel?[/quote]

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