Baby For Sale

Written by Zhey Chua |Posted on November 14, 2008 | Comments

Any takers?

So we thought we were ‘adopting’ a baby come January. Turns out that the pregnant young girl was looking for more than just a set of adoptive parents for her child, she is looking for a set of fools who will not just adopt her baby but also be party to her crime by buying her baby for a cheap price: PhP20,000 (US$400).

The price was so cheap that I could have jumped the bait, but I am not a fool, nor is Warren, that we will resort to such illegal act. This lady is trafficking her unborn child! I was so sorry that I was not present in today’s negotiations, it was just my baby sister who went to the pregnant girl’s place and negotiated for me. I was so sorry that I wasn’t there to at least drill some sense into her head, but then again, I was also thankful that I wasn’t there because if I was, my emotions could overpower me that I might have done something much more awful than just drill some sense into her.

The thing is, it is not even the amount of money that I am being angry about. Twenty thousand pesos is a small price to pay for something that I have been dreaming to become for so long, I know it will be worth every single cent, I just know. Every loving woman should know. But how can I stomach that? How can I tell my child that he was bought for a price? That even before he had seen the light of day, there was already a price tag on his forehead? And if I will go ahead and ‘buy’ this child, what is my guarantee that this woman won’t get impregnated again someday and sell another innocent child? And what kind of Christian would I be to allow myself to be party to a crime just because I have this selfish desire to become a “Christian parent”? The end will never really justify the means.

Now, the consequence of all that has transpired the past two days are confronting me and I still have not decided on what to do. I know that it is illegal, what that young girl is doing, that is child trafficking and it is sooo against the law. So, should I report to the police or not? I have no evidence apart from the circumstances and the text message I got from my sister this morning when she informed me that they want $400 in exchange for the child. To be honest, at the moment, every fiber of my being is screaming the words: CHILD ABUSE! Now this is what people are supposed to be calling that and not this.

Oh well… Sigh. **tapping my finger on my table and thinking long and hard.