No matter where a family chooses to adopt, as an American, where you choose to adopt should not be denied by our government.
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Source: www.usatoday.com
Why does the State Department make it hard to adopt children from other countries?
Adoption from other countries is down 80 percent since its peak. Why do we make this hard? America is pro-adoption; the State Department should be, too.
(Photo: Alexandre Meneghini/AP)
The State Department’s current anti-adoption polices are preventing Americans from becoming parents by opening their hearts and homes to orphans from around the world. These children are in desperate need of loving families, and tens of thousands of Americans are ready to adopt them. Yet intercountry adoption has fallen by nearly 80 percent since its peak in 2004.
This is not what was supposed to happen.
In April 2008, the United States joined the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, and the U.S. Department of State was given the mandate to improve the ability for the U.S. federal government to assist with intercountry adoptions. Unfortunately, the State Department’s mismanagement of its obligations under the convention has yielded disastrous results: Children are far less safe, American parents are poorly served, and the Department of State has fractured relations with nearly every adoption stakeholder.
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