3. Black market babies

"If money were the only criterion by which a child's welfare can be gauged, then a baby bought for as much as RM40,000 on the black market would seem set for life. For money-rich but child-poor couples, it is a small price to pay to introduce a small life into their home. The cot is gilded, the blanket monogrammed, the college fund filled to the brim. All that's wanting is a bun in the oven. And where there is a baby-for-sale racket, money can indeed buy happiness. And after all, why not?" (NST, March 3, 2013)

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There are many ways to view this situation regarding selling babies in the black market. Personally, I am not for it neither am I against it. 

I do not agree that babies should be sold in the black market. There are many other ways to give away your baby. You could put your baby out for adoption in homes or you could always look for people who want children but cannot bear their own. Buying babies in the black market only encourages the market to expand and it is honestly not a very humane thing to do, selling babies in black markets. Of course the black market offers more money for your baby, but how would the child feel if they grow up discovering that they were sold off in the black market and their adopted parents actually bought them illegally? I'm sure they might feel abandoned or offended.

On the other hand, I am not fully against buying babies off the black market if you feel that you can provide the child the best future. In this case, the babies are better off bought by good people rather than fall into the hands of evil doers. What happens to a baby that is not wanted in the black market? How do they dispose of them? What do they do to them when they grow older? The black market is known for illegal business where the things sold may or may not be illegal. Many illegal business go through the black market, such as prostitution, human trafficking and what not. So you never know what happens to the babies sold in black markets if good people do not buy them. We should avoid the babies being sold off to illegal businesses. 

Therefore, my view on this scenario is that there are many ways to look at it. It can be bad and it can be good, depending on your reasons.