Join the debate: Celebs who adopt

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Survey results     Survey results: Q1 - What do you think of celebrities who adopt? They have as much right as anyone else has 22 % They want to help disadvantaged children - their hearts are in the right place. 25 % It's wrong that celebrities should use their fame to 'buy' children from poor countries 30 % It's an insult to families who are struggling to adopt. 20 % Q2 - Being adopted by a celebrity is: A stroke of luck 16 % Traumatic. Being an orphan is hard enough as it is without media attention. 26 % Not an issue, as long as the child is happy 57 % Q3 - Adopting a child from an impoverished country is: Positive: the child is saved from a life of poverty 33 % Negative: the child is taken away from his or her roots 17 % Difficult to call, but should be subject to stricter controls 48 % Q4 - What do you think of the Malawian authorities' refusal to let Madonna adopt Mercy? They were right to refuse her: she hasn't met the legal conditions 44 % It's a shame for Mercy, who will have to stay in her orphanage 17 % Why let her adopt one child but not a second? It was a political decision. 38 %

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Sarah Horrocks 07/04/2009

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