I was adopted through Lutheran Social Services. Do they not do that anymore?
Supply and demand. Thank Planned Parenthood.
In researching my book ( see my tagline ) it was an eye-opener to see how dramatic the birth parent placement numbers have fallen the past 40 years or so.
hmmmm
stand out side of planned parenthood with a sign that says:
“We will adopt your son or daughter”
I was waiting to see this adoption policy change somehow linked to President Trump. I didn’t see it. Usually, an article this heavy with sentiment will conclude with a clearly named nemesis or foil.
The supply of children available for adoption is diminishing, since many mothers who used to be the type to give up the child now have strong financial incentives to keep it.
Hopefully someone will read their story and will help them.
Too bad people like this are so averse to the foster system. The chances are high that you can adopt through the system and the state pays YOU, not the other way around. You can also get an infant.
"During its three-and-a-half decade history, the IAC was one of the only adoption agencies in the country that never had any exclusionary policies for adoptive parents, including age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, religion, ethnic background, color, or race . As such, it was widely praised and embraced for its inclusive nature."
They were proud to be the adoption agency for gays.
It is easier, less risky, and asymptotically cheaper to “adopt” donated embryos instead. There are thousands of frozen embryos all across the land, and over half of them will be able to become babies. When you give birth to a baby they are yours. They never had other parents for even 5 minutes. You controlled their prenatal care and they never suffered losing a birth mom or dad. Because you are the birth mom and dad.
Why everyone doesn’t do this is beyond me. Best thing I ever did.
http://miracleswaiting.org/membersonly3/modules/tinycontent/?id=1
This site is only one way to find embryos. There are many others.
We adopted internationally.
No birth mother to come whining years down the road.
Our city in California had a Women’s Resource Center that we helped support that (1) steered girls and women away from abortion and (2) connected them with religious-based adoption agencies.
Maybe these people should look beyond this one agency.