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| There are no babies placed for adoption in the U.S.. | 20,000 or more U.S. born infants are placed for adoption each year. | ||
| Adopting parents must wait five years or more for a baby. | The average wait in a domestic adoption is less than two years. | ||
| Adopting parents pay extortionate amounts--tens and tens of thousands of dollars. | Costs to adopt domestically average $15,000. After the Adoption Tax Credit, the cost is comparable to that of giving birth in a hospital. | ||
| Birthparents can arrive at anytime to reclaim their child. | Once an adoption is finalized, the adoptive family is recognized as the child's family by law. | ||
| All birthmothers are troubled teens. | Most birthmothers today are older than 18. In most cases, it's lack of resources that causes them to place their children for adoption. | ||
| Adoptees are all maladjusted. | Studies show that adoptees are as well adjusted as their non-adopted peers. | ||
***Source: "Adoptive Families Magazine" Jan/Feb 2003
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