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How does Adoption relate to you?

Fri, 2007-05-18 20:17 - Kerry
I am an adoptee
60% (9 votes)
My child was adopted
27% (4 votes)
My friend/co-worker is adopted
0% (0 votes)
my brother/sister was adopted
0% (0 votes)
I'm in a romantic relationship with an adoptee
7% (1 vote)
Huh?
7% (1 vote)
Total votes: 15

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Thu, 2007-06-07 03:38 — Kerry

How adoption relates to the US

Statistics of Adoption-2005 Edition
Compiled and edited by LoriCarangelo

140,000,000 Americans (50% of the U.S. population) have an adoption in their immediate family.

-Americans For Open Records (AmFOR) estimate, based on surveys of adoptive families, by adoption search-support umbrella organizations in the American Open Records Movement, particularly Musser Foundation, 1990, and on the generally accepted definition of "family."

DEFINITION: "Immediate family" includes:one's grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, spouse, children and grandchildren.

-The Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; reprinted in "Dear Abby," Los Angeles Times, 5-30-92

6 in 10 Americans have had a personal experience with adoption; a majority of Americans are personally affected by adoption.

-Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 1997 Survey of 1,554 adults; the survey found that 6 in 10 are either adopted themselves, or a close family member or friend was adopted, or had adopted a child, or had placed a child for adoption.

1 in 15 persons are personally affected by adoption.

-Clinical Practice of Adoption, (psychology practitioner guidebook), Pergamon Press; Robin C. Winkler, Dirck Brown, Margaret van Keppel, Amy Blanchard.

1-million children in the U.S. live with adoptive parents, and 2%-4% of American families include an adopted child.

-K.S. Stolley, 1993, in "Future of Children," Center for Future of Children, Los Altos, CA 2%

of the U.S. population, or 5-10-million Americans, are adoptees.

-Adoption Factbook,National Council For Adoption

100,000+ adoption-related web-sites exist on Internet.

-World Wide Web search engine results for keyword "adoption"

141,861 adoptions were facilitated in 1982; of those,

  • 91,141 adoptions were by biological relatives;
  • 50,720 adoptions were by non-relatives;
  • 17,602 (of the 50,720) were adoptions of healthy white infants;
  • 5,702 (of the 50,720) were adoptions of foreign children;
  • 14,005 (of the 50,720) were adoptions of special needs children;
  • 9,591 (of the 50,750) were adoptions by foster parents.

 

-Adoption Factbook, 1985,

National Committee For Adoption, Washington, DC

  • 127,441 children of all races and nationalities were adopted in the U.S. in 1992
  • 42% (53,525) of the total were relative adoptions;
  • 37.5% (47,627) of the total were either private agency or

 

independent adoptions of U.S. children;

  • 15.5% (19,753) of the total were conducted by public agencies;
  • 5% (6,536) of the total were from other countries, adopted by U.S. citizens1992

 

-Immigration/Naturalization Service, FY 1993, 1994, 1995);

"The Flow of Adoption Information from the States," Victor E. Flango, Carol R. Flango, National Center for State Courts, (1-6-98, National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)

  • 14,095 children were adopted out of 592,954 (2%) in foster care, 1990;
  • 20,108 children were adopted out of 652,256 (3.1%) in foster care in 1991;
  • 20,298 children were adopted out of 638,647 (3.1%) in foster care in 1992;
  • 22,412 children were adopted out of 655,787 (3.4%) in foster care in 1993;
  • 19,224 children were adopted out of 692,506 (2.7%) in foster care in 1994

 

-Federal government VCIS Surveys for 1990-1994, "Population Flow Exhibit 15"

760,000 children are reported missing each year; unknown numbers are stolen for secret adoption.

-Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Washington, DC

Percentages of Failed Adoptions

 

  • 13% of all adopted children were returned to state officials in 1989;
  • 25% of all adopted children who are older or who have physical or emotional problems were returned by their adopters in 1989.

 

-Child Welfare League of America

1,000 children per year are returned to adoption agencies by their adopters;

  • 2% of the 1,000 are under age 2;
  • 25% are ages 12-17 will be sent back to agencies and their adoptions dissolved;

 

(Note: adoptions are not followed up beyond first year).

3-5 couples out of every 100 adoptions are expected to file claims against agencies' adoption insurance policies due to mothers revoking consent to adoption.

-Reprinted in Quest, Newsletter of Kinquest Inc, 12-90  

 

  • 4 years is the maximum wait for a foster child to be adopted as prescribed by New York State Child Welfare Reform Act;
  • 6 years is the true average wait for a foster child to be adopted in New York.

 

-"No Place To Call Home: Discarded Children in America,"

U.S. House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families,

  • 12-11-89; and The Foster Care Monitoring Committee's report to the Mayor of New York, 1990.
  • 15% of ALL adoptions fail.

 

-Marsha Riben, in Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Adoption

50%-80% of ALL FOREIGN adoptions are terminated.

-from agency and association estimates quoted in"Foreign Adoption Sours; Risk Not Uncommon," Saginaw News, 2-24-91.

Black Market Adoptions

 

  • 5,000 babies a year are illegally brought into the U.S.;
  • $1,000 to $50,000 U.S. was the cost of black marketadoptions or baby buying (baby broker receiving bulk of profits).

 

-"In The Market For Babies," The Plain Truth, 9-90, p.28

10,000 children are known to be illegally transported abroad each year, most of them by an estranged parent. [as of 2001;unknown numbers leave the U.S. for illicit purposes including black market adoptions.]

-National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria,VA

$80,000 is what a black market adoption can cost, 1996 to present.

-Los Angeles Times, 6-22-96, B-7


$120,000 is the price a child can bring for other illicit purposes.

-Enslaved, by Gordon Thomas (published by Pharos)