{"id":840,"date":"2014-03-21T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T18:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marsulpentruviata.ro\/?p=840"},"modified":"2016-03-19T20:41:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T20:41:43","slug":"romanias-pro-life-generation-fourth-edition-march-life-2014-adoption-noble-choice-becomes-nation-wide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.marsulpentruviata.md\/en\/romanias-pro-life-generation-fourth-edition-march-life-2014-adoption-noble-choice-becomes-nation-wide\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Pro-Life Generation: The Fourth Edition of the March for Life 2014 \u2013 \u201cAdoption, the Noble Choice\u201d Becomes Nation-Wide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Stefana Totorcea<\/span><\/p>\n

BUCHAREST<\/span>, March 21st<\/sup>, 2014 \u2013 This year, almost 40 Romanian cities will see the fourth edition of the March for Life, the biggest yet both in participation and reach. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cAdoption, the noble choice\u201d, promoting adoption, as the natural solution to protect children born by mothers in difficulty, whose families cannot assume the responsibility of raising a child.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main organizer and nation-wide coordinator is pro-life student organization Studenti pentru Viata. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have established this association because we wanted to help young women in situations of crisis and offer young people formation for family life. I started doing this on my own when I was only 16 and the results showed me that this is the most important form of social responsibility\u201d, says Alexandra Nadane, President of Studenti pentru Viata Association.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is for the first time that this global pro-life event brings together so many people and cities in Romania, also enjoying the blessing of the Romanian Orthodox Church, who reinforced its support for it in a release on Thursday stating: \u201cThe Christian family where children, be they born or adopted, are welcome and lovingly nurtured, educated in Christ and supported to follow a useful path in their lives, is blessed by God with the joy of paternal love and the gift of salvation an eternal life\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

This social effervescence was brought about by a real media buzz. Romania\u2019s March for Life has\u00a0professional video and promos. It was for the first time that the event has had a press conference which was transmitted live on an online tv channel which later registered over 150,000 views. After Studenti pentru Viata President Alexandra Nadane appeared on the tv and radio channels of the Romanian Orthodox Church, over ten more cities joined in the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many Romanian cities have also organized related events such as pro-life movie screenings, adoptive parents\u2019 support groups, art exhibitions, conferences and roundtables in what has been named as The Pro Life Week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another premiere is the concert organized in Bucharest after the March for Life, on March 22nd<\/sup>. Eight Romanian artists will sing for adoption. In the meantime there will be a drawing workshop for kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also remarkable is this year\u2019s official support by Romania\u2019s government, which will help organize a final forum on adoption with representatives of the Romanian Office for Adoptions, members of parliament who have expertise in adoption legislation and civil society. It may prove a turning point for the Romanian practice of adoption. The main proposal made by Studenti pentru Viata Association is that the law provide for the possibility to start adoption proceedings during pregnancy, which is not legal in Romania yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paula Herlo, well-known Romanian tv journalist and social activist who helped improve the adoption law in the past, says: \u201cWe need to re-evaluate and find new solutions. When a child is abandoned, just identifying the problem is not enough. We need solutions. A good thing would be to have a mediating office with the Child Protection Agency\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Studenti pentru Viata\u2019s Alexandra Nadane says Romania also needs to change its adoption culture: \u201cAdopted children are seen as second-rate children. The adopting family is perceived as un-natural. The natural mother or both natural parents who give their child for adoption are considered unfit to be called parents. These depictions are incorrect and make the adoption process and the child\u2019s integration very cumbersome. But if we focus on the child\u2019s interest, everything will change. For children\u2019s sake, not necessarily for the\u00a0adoptive family\u2019s sake. It is about a family for each child, not about a child for each family\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal, as set in the official March for Life press release, is \u201cto set these thoughts in the Romanians\u2019 hearts. If we succeed in sending a message to society that our country needs an adoption culture, this will lead the nation to a culture of life\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the details regarding the local March for Life 2014 in Romanian cities can be found at www.marsulpentruviata.ro<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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