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Mon, 2007-11-05 14:35 - Kerry

Now that it's clear, (in my mind, at least,) there is indeed a Christian-Judea interest in Adoption, as a practice, (read http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/10916#comment-2638)   I wounder how much of it gets sold to the general public?

If we were to compare the two main religions, which has more private adoption agencies selling babies across the world, under the guise of "humanitarian effort"?

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Mon, 2007-11-05 20:24 — Niels

The great divide

When dividing Judeo-Christianity into only two branches, the christian one by far dominates. One of the biggest Jewish memberships organizations, the Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies (AJFCA ), which not exclusively exists of adoption agencies has 145 members, including local offices of larger organizations. Not all Jewish adoption agencies are part of the AJFCA, though.

In contrast: Bethany Christian Services has 75 office in the United States and 15 abroad. Latter Day Saints family services is also represented in almost every  state with at least one office. The National Council for Adoption has around 60 members, not counting the different offices of the agencies. Many christian agencies are not a member of the NCFA.

Italy has around 70 agencies doing international adoption, many of which having catholic names, while only one of them carries the word "Shalom" in its name.

Not only aren't there Islamic agencies, I have yet to see the first Hindu or Bhudist agency too. There aren't many Save the Planet kinda organizations either beyond the Judeo-Christian tradition, I believe.