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International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing in one country becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of another country.
Many times the foster parents take on the adoption when the children become legally free. Its importance as an avenue for adoption varies by country. Of the 127,500 adoptions in the U.S. in 2000, [80] about 51,000 or 40% were through the foster care system. [81]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was an increase in the number of orphans. In 1995, there was a reported 300,000 children in the orphanage system. Although difficult to accurately count, there are an estimated 1 million to 5 million homeless youth. [4] The number of orphanages has increased by 100% between 2002 and 2012 to 2,176. [2]
The Baby Scoop Era was a period in anglosphere history starting after the end of World War II and ending in the early 1970s, [1] characterized by an increasing rate of pre-marital pregnancies over the preceding period, along with a higher rate of newborn adoption.
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Pro-transracial adoption advocates argue that there are more white families seeking to adopt than there are minority families; conversely, there are more minority children available for adoption. For example, in 2009, 41% of children available for adoption were African American, 40% were white children, and 15% were Hispanic children. [ 28 ]
There is no accurate data on how many adoptions break down. The charity Adoption UK has said it varies between 3% and 9%. Woman wins six-figure payout after adoption broke down