Posted by: adoptiononline on: December 13, 2008
Americans are increasingly turning to domestic adoption as International adoptions continue their 4th straight year of decline. According to statistics released in November 2008 by the State Department, adoptions from abroad have dropped more than 30% since 2004.
There isn’t one specific reason for this decline and in fact it varies by country. China and Russia, [...]
Posted by: adoptiononline on: December 2, 2008
As anyone who is trying to adopt domestically in the United States can tell you, it’s a highly competitive and difficult process. In open adoptions especially, part of that competition takes place in adoption agency portfolios, in “Dear Birthmother Letters” or on the Internet in “Dear Birthparent” sites such as AdoptionOnline.com ( www.adoptiononline.com).
A potential Birthparent may view [...]
