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Originally Posted by oilyfan
Did you even read the link? Where do you think unwanted babies go after being born?
"How many children were adopted with public agency involvement in FY 2009? 57,466"
"How old were the children when they were adopted from the public foster care system?"
Less than 1 Year
2%
1,136
"How many children entered foster care during FY 2009? 255,418"
Less than 1 Year
16%
40,931
So by your logic if the second is not contingent on the first, and the statement that there are more couples waiting than babies available is true, there should be no babies in foster care...
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Being in foster care doesn't mean you are eligible to be adopted. Often they have parents who are unable to care for them.