This was a question I had back when I was in elementary school. I had asked my mom but she had no clue. In my little brain I thought it was wrong to buy children, but now I’m wondering if that’s not actually the case. What is that money being spent on?
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Adoption in many places used to be a humanitarian issue, first and foremost. These days, it’s seen more as a business than anything else by many agencies that facilitate it, particularly in international agencies. People from these places realized that many prospective parents looking to adopt will pay money to ensure the well-being of the child they’ve been matched with and tack on numerous ‘processing’ fees and other nonsense to try to milk out as much money as they can. It’s apparently gotten so bad and corrupt in some countries that agency officials will straight up steal children (usually infants) from poorer women/families in order to adopt them out, which has led to at least a couple countries actually closing themselves to international adoption so they can get all their corruption settled out.
Source: Am internationally adopted.
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