April 20, 2010
Financing Fertility
For the one in six couples blindsided by impaired fertility, the quest to achieve pregnancy can become all-consuming—battering emotions, body, and pocketbook. How much are you willing to pay for a pregnancy? Jeff Opdyke addressed this issue in a column for The Wall Street Journal. Certainly, there are many who will immediately say that no [...]
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April 12, 2010
Foster-Adoption
Some statistics: African American children represent 15 percent of the U.S. child population, but 32 percent of the 510,000 children in foster care (FY 2006). They also remain in foster care an average of nine months longer than white children who are adopted. About 20 percent of the black children adopted out of foster care [...]
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Intercountry, Domestic Adoptions Down Significantly
December 21, 2009 Adoption StatisticsThe numbers are in: International adoptions for fiscal year 2009 (10-1-08 – 9-30-09) dipped 27 percent from 2008, to 12,753. Intercountry adoptions peaked in 2004, with 22,884 children from other countries finding homes with U.S. families. The top 10 countries from which U.S. families adopted in fiscal year 2009 were: China – 3001 Ethiopia – [...]