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international adoption in decline

...[T]he adoption industry is on a steep decline after years of ethical problems and tightening regulations around the world. Since the mid-’90s, 83 countries have ratified the Hague convention regulating international adoption. By 2010 there were 12,000 such adoptions in the United States (including 1,100 exceptional “humanitarian parole” cases from post-earthquake Haiti)—almost half those at the peak in 2004. If evangelicals heed [Evangelical minister] Cruver’s call en masse, it could mean not just a radical change in who raises the world’s children but a powerful clash between rapidly falling supply and sharply inflating demand.--The Nation, April 2011

[Birth Mother,] First Mother Forum

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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