Adopción: Razón o corazón

Abstract

Adoption not only in Colombia but throughout the world, has generated over the years not only controversy but a series of positions and oppositions from the legal, moral, psychological, political and religious point of view, not only because of what it implies but for the unethical and professional use that certain governmental organizations have given or not to the delivery of children to the adoptive parents national or foreign, becoming many times a very lucrative business. This work aims to explore the issue of parents who, having or not having their own children, choose not to bring them into the world and also do not contemplate adoption as a possible option in the formation of their families. The methodology consists of a direct interview with seven couples whose life decision is not to have children of their own or adopted, through a nineteen-question survey that basically explores their family and social environment to determine the reasons for their decision. Finally, it is concluded that not all of the couple's relationships are a primordial and fundamental part of their personal or marital development, their choice to form homes without children is as respectable and responsible as it is to have them, and is based mainly on issues of difficult or sometimes violent family or social environments.