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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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Absolutely, I read the link. In fact I took it one step further ... I comprehended the information as well as the concept and purpose of foster care. I also looked at some of the other material which confirmed what Calgaryborn stated. Entering foster care and eligibility for adoption are two very different concepts. It can take years for the foster child's "real" parent(s) to lose their parental rights, in which case a foster child is not eligible for adoption. The numbers you've present reflect nothing of this reality.
None of your figures ... and I state this as fact ... include arranged adoptions whether by public or private organizations. In other words, expecting women that choose to give up their babies to adoptive parent(s) do not go through foster care, because they are voluntarily abdicating parental responsibility and rights to the adoptive parents. It's this area of adoption that has a long list of waiting parents. Rightly or wrongly, it's such a pain in the you-know-what to go through the rigors of adopting out of foster care that this is the vastly preferable option.