I wonder about some of the outraged adoptive parents who sound so appalled that anyone would question their "right" to adopt no matter what their age, financial situation or anything else.

Is everyone entitled to adopt with no regard to any other requirements? Some seem certain that the standards for a woman parenting the child that she bears should be high - yet seemingly feel that standards for adoptive parents should be more lax. Why exactly is China trying to tighten up their adoption practices?

I am not talking about whether all their new requirements are justified or not. All I am saying is that I find it troublesome that people sound as though they feel entitled to adopt - no matter what. I, and I do not understand that reasoning. I do understand not wanting more children to remain stuck in orphanages, but that does not appear to be the only reason for the uproar.

Most of the restrictions that are being considered in China do not sound terribly unreasonable ones to me. If parents dislike China's adoption policies, there are plenty of other places I suspect that people can go to adopt. However, this seeming sense of entitlement to adopt, no matter how old, poor, etc. puzzles me.

Women often relinquish due to financial realities, so why does it make any less sense to require that adoptive parents be financially stable? Nature does not provide for women over a certain age to give birth, so why does it make sense that they can adopt? Or, should anyone be able to adopt because there are so many children in need of homes?

Remember, I am playing the devil's advocate with these questions. I know that some older moms are great moms, and that being financially stable doesn't make one a perfect parent. There is just something that bugs me about people bristling about strict requirements to be able to adopt because they may feel entitled.