Adoption can be difficult. Adopt in the US and you risk having a child who is brain-damaged by its mother's substance abuse, or has inherited the low IQ that made its parents dysfunctional in the first place; this has happened to
three different adoptive families I know. You also risk having the idiot parents come back in five years and bankrupt you with suits in which they demand to have the child back.
Adopt abroad, and you will find it's very time-consuming and costly. You may also find yourself with a child who has been starved, neglected, beaten, or has serious health problems common only in third-world countries. Foreign countries are making it more difficult and expensive to adopt, and many people simply can't afford the up-front costs. After a Russian adoption ended in the child's death last summer, Russia is now making it harder to adopt their orphans.
"You also risk having the idiot parents come back in five years and bankrupt you with suits in which they demand to have the child back." In Texas after the adoption this is not possible.
My middle Brother has adopted two children. Both as babies. One was from a meth head mother who died eight months after the birth. The baby turned out fine, but my Brother was going to adopt him regardless of his health. The other from one of their friend's niece who felt she was to young (17/18) to have a child. I also have a friend who has adopted four children from Russia, so I am clear on what it takes to adopt from there. I agree that adopting is not for everybody, but if one wants a child that bad then it shouldn't be an obstacle.