2004-11-17 : 1:42 p.m.
Sanctity of life
See... this is one of the main arguments pro-life has, that I have a serious problem with.
'Hey if you don't want to have your baby... no problem, just put it up for adoption...' Yeah, well how about them apples??? (see article below.) It's this sort of thing that infuriates me, because you have to ask... Where is the sanctity of life here? Sorry for the rant. The article is informative nonetheless. ************************************** Report: 100,000 kids await adoption
Among the problems: Agencies and courts are reluctant to terminate the legal rights of biological parents, and states have trouble finding adoptive parents, particularly for older kids, kids with siblings, children with behavior problems and black kids. The report was commissioned by a coalition of nonprofits groups and companies that support National Adoption Day, designated as Saturday. The research was done by the Urban Institute, a think tank that focuses on social issues. "It is our hope that with this new research, states can learn from each other," said Rita Soronen, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, one of the sponsors. The report uses data from the Child and Family Service Reviews -- detailed and rigorous examinations of each state's child welfare system used to evaluate each state's system for protecting children from abuse and neglect. Overall, not one state has passed the new tests. Seven states were in compliance with two of seven main standards, and 20 states plus the District of Columbia were in compliance with one of them. Twenty-three states failed all seven. Wednesday's report focuses on the data surrounding adoption. In this case, just six states have met standards -- making sufficient effort to finalize adoptions and moving kids quickly into new homes. At the same time, adoption rates have gone up in recent years, noted Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children and families in the Department of Health and Human Services. Still, he said, more must be done. "There continues to be unfortunate barriers to adopting kids out of foster care," he said. The new report analyzed detailed state data for trends that might explain why so many states have problems getting foster children adopted. It found several. Among them:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.
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