6:10 pm - 10/16/2008
Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl and her musician hubby Josh Kelley are adopting a baby from Korea, so says the National Enquirer.
“They’ve chosen an adoption agency and have started filling out the necessary paperwork."
The Emmy-winning bombshell, 29, has decided that instead getting “Knocked Up” she and Josh will start their family with an adopted bundle of joy.
“They’ve finally decided adoption is the best option for them right now. Katherine’s got several movie projects in the pipeline and a pregnancy would bring her career to a halt for a while.”
Welcoming a baby from Korea holds special meaning for Katherine, whose doting big sister Meg was adopted from the country more than 30 years ago.
“Meg has had a profound impact on Katherine’s life, which is why she and Josh are trying to adopt a Korean child.”
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Katherine Heigl adopting Korean baby
Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl and her musician hubby Josh Kelley are adopting a baby from Korea, so says the National Enquirer.
“They’ve chosen an adoption agency and have started filling out the necessary paperwork."
The Emmy-winning bombshell, 29, has decided that instead getting “Knocked Up” she and Josh will start their family with an adopted bundle of joy.
“They’ve finally decided adoption is the best option for them right now. Katherine’s got several movie projects in the pipeline and a pregnancy would bring her career to a halt for a while.”
Welcoming a baby from Korea holds special meaning for Katherine, whose doting big sister Meg was adopted from the country more than 30 years ago.
“Meg has had a profound impact on Katherine’s life, which is why she and Josh are trying to adopt a Korean child.”
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Maybe she's just ready for one.
that's just my own spin
There are foster children up for adoption in every state. They are in almost every case "special needs" kids -- may have suffered in-utero drug or alcohol exposure and have brain and/or physical damage from that; may have been abused by birth relatives, neglected, malnourished, bounced around in a dozen foster homes, crippled with anger issues, act out sexually, etc. It's WONDERFUL when people reach out to adopt these children in spite of their many challenges. But it doesn't mean every person is prepared to do so. Don't judge! -- The analog would be: Not all women would choose to get pregnant if they *knew in advance* that their baby would be severely challenged/damaged.-- So we shouldn't expect all potential adopters to choose the path of adopting domestically out of the state foster programs.
That being said: Very wealthy prospective adopters (Tom & Nicole, Rosie, etc.) have access to private domestic adoptions, usually arranged by attorneys, that are beyond the resources of middle-class normal folks. The high adoption fees in some of these cases cover all of the birth mother's prenatal care, postnatal counseling, fancy lawyer's fees, etc.
Some foreign countries, like China and Guatemala, have coped with population problems (too many abandoned baby girls in their case) by setting up foreign adoption programs. It's sad that these babies leave their home countries, but happy that new families are formed this way.
This is probably way more than you wanted to read! LOL ;-)
Disclosure: Two of my 3 children were adopted from an orphanage in South America.
The world's already overpopulated as it is you stupid cunt
No need for name calling.
But if the reason is time/career, a child is going to take the same amount of devotion no matter what. I just hope that she understands that and will give the child as much love as she can.
Edited at 2008-10-16 11:08 pm (UTC)
But since I am a medstudent, I see all from a biological point of view.
We all hardwired to have the desire to pass on our genes, it's an instinc, so whenever someone doesn't want to have a kid the natural way I just wonder the reason behind it..
And lets face it, she's basically the breadwinner in her marriage. She needs her job.
Some do..but I kinda get the feeling that it maybe harder to adopt here because if the child's parents are still a live it's only a matter of time before they are in the media asking for this and that..telling their story all that shit..I mean we've seen supposed parents of internationally adopted kids asking for shit imagine how much easier it is in the US
that's just my own spin
What you need to understand though is that the US actually cares about their orphanages--at least, more so than other countries out there. Orphanages in developing countries (I am guessing they are adopting a South Korean baby so this argument doesn't apply to this specific case, but still applies to foreign adoption in general) are much worse than here---no one gives a crap about health regulations, for example. No one really checks up on the well being of the kids. The laws--if any--are very lax.
So yeah, adopting kids everywhere is good. Yeah, kids without parents are all in need one way or another. But it is a fact that some kids are more in need than others, given their living conditions.
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no time to get pregnant, gets in the way of a career.
Instead, I'll just adopt a baby. Those things don't need attention from their mothers and fathers. They just need nannies. Babies don't get in the way of careers, only big ugly bellies.
Sandra Oh is Chinese
Oh's not a Chinese last name