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 fees vary substantially by circumstance. Adoption isn’t free – it requires substantial amounts of paperwork and perhaps the services of a lawyer – so unless some other charitable organization is paying for it, some money is required.
With that said, in the bad old days of international adoption (like, the 90s), there wasn’t much to stop adoption from taking on the characteristics of a ” market for babies.” If a lot of international parents want children from your country, you can charge them fees that don’t really cover any necessary costs. Let this get out of hand, and you will get unscrupulous “adoption agencies” who pay poor parents to convince them to give up their children. That’s how you get [a whole Wikipedia page of international adoption scandals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_adoption_scandals). Countries are a lot more cautious with international adoption in the present day, typically preferring to foster children within the country if possible.
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