[nikkianni]

There's a story on msnbc.com about the way Guatemala is reviewing all pending adoptions. It just made my heart break. (I'd put in a link but I'm semi computer incompetent so I don't know how).
These poor women who already made the choice of adoption for their children are being reunited with them, then forced to go before a judge (with baby in tow), and review everything all over again. I know that it's necessary to review the cases to make sure there was no fraud, but this just seems cruel.
Not to mention that even when it is proven that a situation was legitimate, they're still not allowing pending adoptions to move forward, so these babies will be spending years in orphanages instead of homes.
This whole process just seems terrible to me. Terrible for everyone involved. Birthparents are having to make the decision again, potential adoptive parents are losing a child as well, and the kids; well that's the worst thing of all. All possibility for a loving home will be taken away for many of these children.
I know that when a system is corrupt it must be fixed, but when is the price of fixing it too high?