Adoption

There are as many opinions about adoption as there are children being adopted.

Approximately 100 million Americans have adoption in their immediate families. 7 million Americans alive today are adoptees, 2-4 percent of all families have adopted, and 2.5 percent of all children under 18 are adopted. About 135,000 children are adopted in the United States each year. Of non-stepparent adoptions, about 59% are from the child welfare (or foster) system, 26% are from other countries, and 15% are voluntarily relinquished American babies.

(Source: Adoption Network, 2019)