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5."Buying and selling children โ aka adoption."
I mean...Then what should we be doing? Just leave those kids to the streets/Foster homes? And I'm pretty sure other countries have adoption. I'm probably just uninformed, but I have no idea what the alternative should be.
(I understand if our current procedure needs refining, but I don't see why adoption is inherently bad)
Edit: I had no idea other countries didn't have to pay for adoption, I thought was was the norm and thought they were talking about process. Guess I'm the example of what the article was talking about.
not a lawyer or an expert but a quick Google seems to indicate in the US you have to pay to adopt a child, whereas I believe it's free / you get paid in European countries.
Adopting children from US Foster Care systems actually come with perks (guaranteed Medicaid) and a stipend of sorts. Adopting newborns can cost $50k. It's wild.
I was not aware of that, do you have more details on hand ?
I'm in Canada, but much of the cost of adoption is the same.
The only significant difference I know of in the US is that some ahencies are for-profit, and medical costs aren't covered by unicersal healthcare, so have to be added on.
Ohhh, that makes since. I didn't even think to look that up, I thought that was the norm everywhere (paying for adoption, etc)
The premise in action before our very eyes.
"Edit: I had no idea... I thought it was the norm"
Thanks for confirming the article ๐