Elton John’s Adoption Blocked by Ukraine

Elton John‘s bid to adopt a HIV-infected Ukrainian child will be rejected, according to a government minister.

Elton John's Adoption Blocked by Ukraine

Sir Elton and his male partner David Furnish want to adopt 14-month-old Lev who they met at an orphanage in the Ukrainian city of Makeyevka last Saturday.

However Ukraine requires that adoptive parents be married and does not recognise same sex weddings, Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko told The Associated Press.

Mr Pavlenko also said at age 62, John is too old to adopt according to Ukrainian law that requires a prospective adoptive parent to be no more than 45 years.

Sir Elton had previously said that he recognized his age might be a problem and that Mr Furnish might have to take the lead, although the Canadian filmmaker is himself 46.

The proposed adoption has been controversial, especially with Sir Elton previously jokingly dismissing the idea that he might join celebrities such as Madonna and Angelina Jolie in adopting children from disadvantaged countries.

Child advocates in the UK have warned children must be carefully screened in cases of international adoption as children are sometimes put into orphanages as a calculated means of getting them into a wealthier Western family.

The child has HIV, do you really think he has much of a chance of being adopted otherwise? I say let Elton adopt him, and give the child the best possible chance at having a good life.

source: Ukraine set to block Elton John adoption [news.com.au]

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