We had an adoption opportunity. It was not ideal. Let me explain. We got an email for an opportunity to adopt an African American baby girl. We jumped at the chance to learn more about her situation and how to proceed with the adoption. However upon learning more, the adoption would cost 3 times the cost of going through LDS Family Services, but this agency that emailed us bases their adoption fees on race. We are NOT okay with this, this is unacceptable. We are all children of God and are all worth the cost of adoption, not one more than the other. We passed the opportunity up. In the process of turning the caseworker down he sent a lengthy email justifying their reasons for lowering the cost of Bi-racial and African American babies.
"Our fees reflect the demographics of adoption. You will find we are certainly not alone in this struggle. We do not have a large number of African American families lined up to adopt. We do have a fairly large number of Bi-racial and African American placement opportunities If our fees were the same we would have many African American little angels pasted up as families wait for their Caucasian child. So we have lowered our fees to encourage families to consider them as part of their adoption plan. ( it just is a fact)"
We do not agree with this and will not adopt through an agency that thinks this way.
-J&S
6 comments:
Wow, that is insane. Good for you letting the agency know you didn't agree with their ways.
I hope that a birth mom can find you soon and that you can expand your family.
I am glad to hear Joe is doing better.
Yeah for a new car!
INSANE is definitely the way to put it!! I'm in shock that anyone would even think about doing that. No one is worth more than someone else and they're making the exact opposite statement by doing that. Good for you for sticking to it.
Those rules are so crazy! One of my friends just recentely adopted a beautiful little boy through an agency like that... because that was what they could afford. Craziness that those agencies are allowed to operate that way in this day and age- absolute insanity! I can imagine that it was hard for you guys to make the decision to pass up the opportunity to adopt, but way to go sticking up for what you believe in!
K, so I just read this a couple of times and am confused (probably because I am with family that is REALLY LOUD). So to adopt through this agency would be more expensive than LDS services, but the African American babies cost less to adopt? Is that what you were saying? I don't know why I am so confused, sorry!
yes, they have lowered the cost of adopting bi-racial and African American babies. And the going through that agency would cost more as well. We are saying it's really wrong to lower the fees for non-Caucasian babies.
That is so not cool. I hope that another adoption opportunity shows up. That is such a bummer that this one didn't work out. hope that all goes well. LOVE YOU!
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