Q: How long foes it take? Won't you have to wait forever?
A: The average wait to adopt is about two years. According to surveys completed by Adoptive Families magazine, parents bring their children home within two years of turning in their paperwork. International adoptions have slowed down and domestic adoptions have sped up. With that in mind, the number are always changing.
Which brings the next question...
Q: Is it really possible to adopt an American newborn?
A: The large majority of adoptees are U.S. born. International adoptees just tend to attract more attention from the media. In any given year in the United States, about 100,000 children join their families through adoption. About 25% are placed at birth by their birthmother. About half are adopted from foster care. For the past 30 years more than 75% of adoptions are of U.S.-born children.
Source: Adoptive Families August 2009 issue
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