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Originally Posted by oilyfan
I am not trying to be argumentative here, but no one has shown stats that show that there is a huge imbalance between babies available for adoption (private or foster) and couples waiting for a adopted baby. These were the best stats I came up with.
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And all I'm saying is your stats are invalid and should not be put forth as an argument for or against the original statement regarding an adoption waiting list.
"This analysis has also shown that nearly 1 million women were seeking to adopt children in 2002 (i.e., they were in demand for a child), whereas the domestic supply of infants relinquished at birth or within the first month of life and available to be adopted had become virtually nonexistent. " ... jump to the Conclusion: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_027.pdf