Let's Adopt American Babies!

Yesterday I listened to Dennis Prager, a man I respect greatly, make the following statement: "There are no babies available for adoption in America!" That, of course, is completely false. I emailed him, but have had no reply.

Here is a way for a family to adopt an American baby. First, become licensed as a foster family. Then, tell the social workers that you want to be a legal risk or foster/adopt family. That means that you are willing to take a baby into your home and take the legal risk that the baby will not permanently be yours to love and care for.

Let me explain. After the baby is removed from the biological parents because of abuse or neglect, the baby is placed in your licensed foster home. There are two ways that the baby may not stay with you permanently. One is if the social workers find a relative with whom to place the baby. That could happen any time from a few days to several months. So you could have the situation that the baby and you are happily bonded, then the baby is removed because the social work agency has a priority of placing children with relatives. That is the risk you take. The other way the baby could be taken from you is if the parents complete a treatment plan designed to remedy the problem that caused the baby to be removed in the first place. But there is a time limit. Courts are not willing to go for years giving the parents chance after chance to get their act together. The federal law says the baby should have permanency after no more than one year in out of home placement.

Nevertheless, dozens of babies in the Denver metro area are adopted every year by families willing to take the legal risk. Sara Jane, pictured above, was placed with us when she was sixteen days old. The adoption was finalized in February of this year. She will be three-years-old next month. Every member of our family loves and enjoys Sara, and she feels the same way about each of us.

Many Americans are needlessly spending thousands of dollars to travel the world to find a baby to adopt. That is wonderful that they do that, but if they follow the above procedure, they could be adopting right here in America.