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| 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 % |
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| 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 % |
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| 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 % |
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| 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 % |