Should fertile couples be able to adopt children?

This isn't my personal opinion- it's strictly out of curiosity and a desire for some good intellectual arguments.





There are a lot of couples who can't procreate (because they're a bad match, or because one of them is infertile for some reason), and they wait YEARS to adopt a child of their own and give it a good home.





Should couples who CAN have biological children receive the same opportunity?








(For arguments' sake, let's not assume this is a legal issue- rather, should fertile couples receive PRIORITY in adopting children)Should fertile couples be able to adopt children?
Hey...some people who are completely fertile have problems conceiving. I know I did. You don't know the heartbreak when all of your friends and family members have had their kids and are well on their way being a parent and no you're the outcast because they're all talking babies and you're not, yet you go to doctor after doctor and they all tell you that there is nothing physically wrong with you, that you should be able to conceive, it's all ';in your head';. You go buy books, listen to the weirdest things from the weirdest people meaning to help you get pregnant but it still doesnt happen. Just the stress of wanting a kid right now and not wanting to wait can keep a souple from conceiving. Been there, done that. Once I gave up all hope and started making other plans for my life and got comfortable with that, BOOM - I was pregnant.





So, yes...for once, I agree with the majority here. Every person should be allowed to adopt, but no one gets preference. It beats babies abandoned in trash dumpsters any day....Should fertile couples be able to adopt children?
I believe there is absolutely no problem with fertile couples adopting children. Those children are out there needing loving homes and, hopefully, those people will be good loving parents. I don't think they should have priority though, as they can have children and infertile ones cannot. If the fertile parents to be are in that big of a hurry to have kids they can start to make their own. It'll only take 9 months to produce a child. Hey, this one even looks like them!
There are too many orphans in this world who need a loving home for us as a society to be able to say no only infertile couples may adopt.





There is no room to prioritise based on ones fertility, the process should be conducted entirely on the couples ability to care for and support the children throughout their lives.
I think fertile couples should be able to adopt children.





Sometimes, the woman doesn't want to go through the pains of pregnancy/childbirth, but her husband wants a child. In that case, the couple should be able to adopt.





I see no reason why not. However, everyone should have an even priority on the list.
I'm all for that, Beside, There are always some unwanted baby anyway. Rather than putting them in an orphanage till 18, might as well let them feel the love and a normal life from their adoptive parents
they must be first sterilized before adopting.... :)
Yes, I think they should because it gives the child a home.