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Sep 1, 2008

Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia

Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.

As one of some 14,000 Ethiopian children born with the virus every year, Solomon's prospects for survival _ much less adoption _ were grim. But Erin Henderson's heart stirred when she saw him, and she decided, on the spot, to adopt him.

'They told me that they weren't sure he would live through the weekend,' Henderson said by e-mail from her home in rural Wyoming, where she lives with her husband and 11 children, two of whom are HIV-positive adoptees from Ethiopia.

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This is wrong. We have or should have immigration laws against bringing infected individuals into this country. I have a 3 year old and i don't want anyone infecting her. I'm sure those adoptive parents won't be informing everyone their kids are infected. We should take care of the sick kids here first.
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These people should not be allowed to bring these adopted kids here. There are supposed to be standards of Health, before you are allowed to be a US citizen. A hundred years ago, this would never have been allowed.

These a do gooders, who have some kind of psychological problem, and feel the need to be some sort of hero! A more heroic thing to do, is leave your US life behind, and immigrate there, then you can adopt a whole village.

It is NOT FAIR to taxpayers in the US for you to bring these medically challenged people here. Do something good in their own country! Hopefully, your true karma will return back to your twisted mind! Ain't buying it!

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What an incredible demonstration of compassion and generosity by selfless, loving people. HIV is a terrible plague in places like Ethiopia, and the little HIV infected orphans have nothing and nobody in this world.

It makes me proud to be an American to know my fellow citizens open thier hearts and homes to the neediest of the needy. And it's great these children have an opportunity to come to our country, heal, grow and thrive. And take their place as productive American citizens, poised to make their contribution to their new nation. Just like so many before them.

It's America. Working the way it should.

God bless the United States of America. And may we always respond so appropriately to God's many blessings, doing God's work on this earth.

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It's nice to see people opening their hearts to help children in need. That child would not get good medical care in Ethipia. By bringing him to the United States, at least he will get the medical treatment that he needs to survive.

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Sorry, I meant Ethiopia.
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why would you go and adopt from other countrys when you have all these kids in the us who need homes to. plus bringing them over here so they can spread the virus even more. i believe it is all about the money they get for adopting these kids
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a North fan wrote:
why would you go and adopt from other countrys when you have all these kids in the us who need homes to. plus bringing them over here so they can spread the virus even more. i believe it is all about the money they get for adopting these kids
i totally agree with North fan on that one - we have thousands of children who are yet as unadopted in the US and are in desperate need of a family and a home - going abroad to adopt children is like turning our backs on our children here in America. Lets take care of our own children first. Im observing that currently people in the US have taken to adopting children from other countries purely for esoteric and thats just wrong because it only feeds into their ego and then you have child who is left emotionally neglected to add on to the thousands of other children that are already like this in our country.

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Madonna started this crap..

It's illegal to bring snails in from another country - let alone some infected kid...

If my grandkids catch AIDS I will sue the gubmint!
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all the postes are from the evil heated eritreans
and they pretend they are not. floosh anseba,HIV is more in the tiny baren eritrea than in ethiopia
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This is insane. Americans don't have health care, and we are bringing in AIDS patients. I can't even begin to comprehend why someone would do this, or why the government would allow it. Has veryone in this country lost it?!
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The only people adopting these children are dopey rich American people who no doubt come from already-dysfunctional families. Their sole motivation for adoption here is likely to attain some type of 'image status' amongst their economic peers in their gated three-car-garage McMansion communities. Much like when some rich but brainless bimbo orders a $1500 teacup poodle dog that she can carry about in a purse with it's pathetic miniature head sticking out around the shopping district. It's also likely some of these people adopt, as the story says, to convert the kids to christianity and make them into some kind of an 'american', like some kind of a sick trophy they can be 'proud of' despite the fact that these totally dysfunctional morons likely wouln't recognize jesus if he came up to them in a white robe and sandals. They would prolly think he was a democrat, hippie, druggie, Obama supporter in that order. How f-n Pathetic!!
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WTF?
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Jessica Nyquist wrote:
It's nice to see people opening their hearts to help children in need. That child would not get good medical care in Ethipia. By bringing him to the United States, at least he will get the medical treatment that he needs to survive.
You dearie are the textbook archtype of the american adoptee of which I described in my earlier postings. Who the frig gave people like you and others the right to re-locate kids from foreign countries via $20,000-per-kid adoption and baby selling rings so you can 'feel good about yourself' in some kind of a sickening pathetic dysfunctional way by up-rooting some kid from 3/4 the way around the earth over to America as if this actually does some kind of long term good for the kids, apart from satisfying the dysfunctional pathetic ego of the rich SOB's who do this kind of stuff? Oh my folks, it was not enough for these rich bastards to adopt exotic pets or start ostrich farms or go into other kookish endeavors, now they are into 'baby selling and trading' across international borders like as if they were adopting a goddammed AKC certified poodle-dog they can parade around their gated mcmansion community on a diamond doggie collar. "Oh look at us we adopted a war refugee from a foreign land for just $30,000 and so can you Iris, you can put off that new Lexus for next xmas!" How utterly sickening!!!!
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I adopted my son from Ethiopia. He is my son no less than any of my other children. He deserves to have a family just as much as an American child does. No more, no less. To say that we should adopt American children just because we are American is barbaric and racist. All children deserve a home. Most families save for years just to be able to adopt, so we are not rich people who want trophy kids. If you can look at a child and care about them less just because they are not American, then I truly feel sorry for you. Children are suffering all around the world and each and every child should be helped by everyone who is willing. I am willing.

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David wrote:
The only people adopting these children are dopey rich American people who no doubt come from already-dysfunctional families. Their sole motivation for adoption here is likely to attain some type of 'image status' amongst their economic peers in their gated three-car-garage McMansion communities. Much like when some rich but brainless bimbo orders a $1500 teacup poodle dog that she can carry about in a purse with it's pathetic miniature head sticking out around the shopping district. It's also likely some of these people adopt, as the story says, to convert the kids to christianity and make them into some kind of an 'american', like some kind of a sick trophy they can be 'proud of' despite the fact that these totally dysfunctional morons likely wouln't recognize jesus if he came up to them in a white robe and sandals. They would prolly think he was a democrat, hippie, druggie, Obama supporter in that order. How f-n Pathetic!!
This has limousine liberal written ALL over it.
Take your misguided hatred for non-liberals someplace it belongs, like the DailyKos.

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David wrote:
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You dearie are the textbook archtype of the american adoptee of which I described in my earlier postings. Who the frig gave people like you and others the right to re-locate kids from foreign countries via $20,000-per-kid adoption and baby selling rings so you can 'feel good about yourself' in some kind of a sickening pathetic dysfunctional way by up-rooting some kid from 3/4 the way around the earth over to America as if this actually does some kind of long term good for the kids, apart from satisfying the dysfunctional pathetic ego of the rich SOB's who do this kind of stuff? Oh my folks, it was not enough for these rich bastards to adopt exotic pets or start ostrich farms or go into other kookish endeavors, now they are into 'baby selling and trading' across international borders like as if they were adopting a goddammed AKC certified poodle-dog they can parade around their gated mcmansion community on a diamond doggie collar. "Oh look at us we adopted a war refugee from a foreign land for just $30,000 and so can you Iris, you can put off that new Lexus for next xmas!" How utterly sickening!!!!
Wow! Have a few issues, Dave?
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I think it is barbaric not to adopt from your own country.We should take care of our own first.Racist ? no.You can adopt black children from other countries as well you just want to make it a race issue to change the subject adoptive mom.I bet it is alot less money to adopt in america than outside of your country.In some states the mother or father after 3 years can change their mind and try and get the child back-I think that is the real reason that americans adopt outside their country.

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Very generous.

I hope that these adaptive parents will be able to pay the $100,000's a year for treatment; and not throw their "responsibility" upon the taxpayers.

There used to be an INS regulation against allowing ill or infectuous immigrants into the USA. What happened to it?
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I feel for all the sick people there. If we had a cure, it would be different. What I still don't understand is why these adoptive parents wouldn't rather adopt an American kid who needs a home. I guess helping an American child isn't something they can brag about. I'm not saying that I'm a deep thinker, but when you look at why most people do things like this, it's for bragging rights.
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What money? I believe it cost upwards of 20K to adopt internationally.
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why would you go and adopt from other countrys when you have all these kids in the us who need homes to. plus bringing them over here so they can spread the virus even more. i believe it is all about the money they get for adopting these kids
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