3.Black market babies

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"If money were the only criterion by which a child's welfare can be gauged. then a baby bought for as much as RM40,000 on the black market would seem set for life. For money-rich but child-poor couples, it is a small price to pay to introduce a small life into their home. The cot is gilded, the blanket monogrammed, the college fund is filled to brim. All that's wanting is a bun in the oven. And where there is a baby-for-sale racket, money can indeed buy happiness. And after all, why not?" (NST, March 3, 2013)

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There are only one way to view this situation, after thinking for quite some time. I've come to a conclusion that selling and buying babies off the black market is stupid and selfish.

I am fully against this absurd activity. If poverty is the reason why the parents sold off their babies to the black market so that rich couples can buy the babies and take good care of the child, it is completely selfish doing. Not all of the babies in the black market were sold to rich and good people. What if the babies were to be sold to an illegal organ harvesting group? Think about it, not a very humane act right?

If the true intention of the parents is to give their babies a better life and future, they should give away their child personally to people who really wanted the baby as they can't have their own, who they found and meet personally. That way the babies are ensured to be given to the right hand which black market can't guarantee. It is also bring less physiological effect on the child when they grow up. The impact of knowing they were given by their real parent and were sold and bought from the black market is very different.

The sole reason people sold off their babies to the black market was money. This type of parent should not be allowed to reproduce anymore as they only crave sexual pleasure and did not think of what the future holds to their child when they don't even have the capabilities in financial or other aspect to take care of their child later on.

Therefore, my view on this situation is that incapable parents should not sold off their babies to the black market as it will only help the black market to expand but instead find a suitable couple who can't have a child of their own and give the baby to them personally.