International Adoption

Why are we still adopting children from other countries, let’s help ourselves out for once and adopt domestically. There are many reasons why I believe it’s drastically better to adopt here, but im going to inform you on the most important. We all know that other countries need help with their un- adopted children but what about America; we have growing numbers of orphans waiting to be adopted just like they do. Here in America, we are have the greatest number of orphans since the early 50’s during the beginning of the baby boomers. (Voigt) To get these numbers down, we are going to need to stop helping foreign countries and help our country by adopting here. It will save the government money which is needed greatly at a time of recession. It will also better our next generation in my opinion because we wont have children from other countries influencing our kids. Even though they automatically had a hard time, its almost impossible for a foreign child to adapt if they aren’t brought here as a young child. I understand other countries are having difficulties with their orphan problems, but its time to put an end to our aid. To restore the orphan numbers the way they stand as of now, it is going to be a complex task. Not to mention this process is not something that can happen overnight, it’s going to be an uphill battle that America is going to have to be ready to face. We can slowly but surely eliminate the overwhelming numbers in America, one child at a time. It’s sad to say, but unfortunately living conditions are worse for orphans overseas, but I still believe that International Adoption should be banned because it cost substantially less to adopt domestically, there are numerous orphans here in America needing a home and fami...

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...ong and it needs to be banned in America; we have a expanding number of orphans here that cost less to adopt and its extremely to hard on the children that get adopted to adapt here in America. If you want to adopt a child then that’s great, just make sure that its in America and not a foreign country. So go now before it’s too late, adopt an American Orphan!

Works Cited

Crary, David. "Advocates: International adoptions need stronger safegaurds, support for families." 06 October 2013. Washington Post. 03 December 2013.

Dodds, Peter. "Test of faith: International Adoption." Valerie Pringles Test of Faith. Valerie Pringle. June 1999.

Rogu, George. "International Adoption: Risks and Realities." 05 July 2007. Rainbow Kids. 06 Dec 2013.

Voigt, Kevin. "International Adoptions in decline as number of orphans grow." 17 Sept 2013. CNN. Ed. Sophie Brown. 25 November 2013.