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USA Leads World In Child Adoptions

U.S. Leads World in Child Adoptions

New United Nations Report Will Show U.S. Leads World in Child Adoptions

New York, NY (LifeNews.com/CFAM) -- An upcoming report from the United Nations Population Division is expected to highlight adoption trends worldwide, some of which appear linked to changing social norms and legal developments. Data from 118 countries indicate that there are around 260,000 domestic and international adoptions a year. The United States adopts over 120,000 children, significantly more than any other country. The US is followed by China, Russia, Ukraine and a few Western European countries, which together account for the bulk of adoptions worldwide. Although the quality of adoption reporting varies from country to country with reliable data oftentimes hard to come by, adoption is mainly a domestic phenomenon, with eighty five percent of all adoptions involving citizens or residents of the same country. Yet the number of children adopted domestically has been declining over the past decades in many developed countries. This trend is especially prevalent in Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, the United States. Clare Menozzi, a demographer with the UN Population Division and the principal author of the report, told the Friday Fax that wider societal acceptance of single parenthood, increased access to welfare support for single mothers and the widespread availability of inexpensive contraception may have contributed to this trend.
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Adoptions Child World Leads USA

I wondered if we were the most adopting country due to all the ads we see on tv wanting us to give money for this or that organization or to adopt a child from this or that country

USA Leads World In Child Adoptions Reviews Consumer & Travel Family Culture

Adoptions on decline, advocates blame costly, time-consuming regulations

International adoptions have decreased 62 percent since a peak in 2004. Ref. Source 5

Adoptions Child World Leads USA

18 and Out of the Foster Care System, She Finally Gets Adoptive Family

Amanda was almost 18 and about to "age out" of the foster care system. But while our nation's laws consider someone who's 18 to be an adult, you and I know there's still a lot of growing up left to do at that age. Even young adults need a mom and a dad.

For example, Amanda still yearned for a mother's love to soothe her on the bad days and share the joy with her on the good ones. She wanted a dad to hold her hand and walk her down the aisle. Amanda always dreamed of having somewhere to come home to on the holidays. Ref. Source 8