Abortion ban supporters are touting that adoption will deal with the consequences of ‘forced birth’, but the claim rings hollow in the harsh light of the facts.
While it is true that up to 30% of Evangelical Christians may have an adopted child in their families (U.S. average is 2%)….
…there remain over 400,000 children in foster care hoping for adoption, and the number is rising each year. Their chances are nothing but discouraging.
Fewer than 1 in 5 children in foster care are ever adopted.
A white child is 40% more likely to be adopted than a black child.
On average, a child in foster care waits 4 years for an adoption, so it is unsurprising that the average child spends only 17 months in foster care before turning 18, and unadopted children fare significantly worse than others as adults on almost every significant dimension.
In addition, more than 400,000 more children are taken into custody by Child Protective Services each year.
The paradox is that despite this staggering level of need, only 2 in 5 adoptions originate from foster care. Some 2 in 5 are completed through private agencies, and 1 in 4 adopts from outside the U.S.
One in four adoptions are actually of children born outside the U.S.
It’s worth noting that some of the Private and International adoptions are driven by laws in 11 U.S. states which allow adoption agencies to refuse service to LBGTQ applicants.
As the human race approaches the absolute limit of the planet to support it, the legislation of forced births appears as nothing less than a self-delusional exercise in self-destruction.
Since this is a blog and the authors are not named, you should provide citations for the data. Otherwise this information has no legs to stand on.