• 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    5.“Buying and selling children — 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.

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      3 months ago

      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.

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        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.

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        I’m in Canada, but much of the cost of adoption is the same.

        • Legal fees to change the parentage (and sometimes the name) of anchild.
        • Counselling for the birth parents.
        • Travel costs for the birth parents.
        • Background checks for the adoptive parents (legal, medical, and financial).
        • Counselling/social work for the adoptive parents.
        • Payment to the adoption agency for facilitating the whole process.

        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.

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        Ohhh, that makes since. I didn’t even think to look that up, I thought that was the norm everywhere (paying for adoption, etc)