[entropy12]

Does any one know what percentage of unwanted babies get adopted versus languishing in foster care system? How many children are in foster care at present time? Those numbers would clear things up.

[Morgana]

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS02/809150331/-1/RSS

http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/foster.cfm

http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/?q=node/199

[Morgana]

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS02/809150331/-1/RSS

http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/foster.cfm

http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/?q=node/199

[Dr. Sivana]

Does any one know what percentage of unwanted babies get adopted versus languishing in foster care system?

I know it is common parlance, but I would suggest not using the term unwanted babies. In many cases, it is not that the borth mothers don't want the babies, but they want the best FOR their babies, better than the birth mother can provide.

I know this first hand. We have three adopted children, two are black children born right here in the U.S.A. Their birth mothers acted from a noble and loving impulse.

While there is less of a wait for healthy newborn black children, there is no problem adopting them. Many of the children (of all races) in the foster system who would be excellent candidates for adoption are not available for adoption until the agency decides that to be the case, often taking many years trying to see if the birth parents are ready. That makes adoption MUCH more difficult.

[JimRed]

How many children are in foster care at present time? Those numbers would clear things up.

How many children from foster care backgrounds end up being criminal thugs, compared to those from the EBT entitled brood sow class? Those numbers would also be of value.