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Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

5."Buying and selling children — aka adoption."

I mean...Then what should we be doing? Just leave those kids to the streets/Foster homes? And I'm pretty sure other countries have adoption. I'm probably just uninformed, but I have no idea what the alternative should be.

(I understand if our current procedure needs refining, but I don't see why adoption is inherently bad)

Edit: I had no idea other countries didn't have to pay for adoption, I thought was was the norm and thought they were talking about process. Guess I'm the example of what the article was talking about.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

not a lawyer or an expert but a quick Google seems to indicate in the US you have to pay to adopt a child, whereas I believe it's free / you get paid in European countries.

[–] wreel@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Adopting children from US Foster Care systems actually come with perks (guaranteed Medicaid) and a stipend of sorts. Adopting newborns can cost $50k. It's wild.

[–] UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I was not aware of that, do you have more details on hand ?

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I'm in Canada, but much of the cost of adoption is the same.

Legal fees to change the parentage (and sometimes the name) of anchild.
Counselling for the birth parents.
Travel costs for the birth parents.
Background checks for the adoptive parents (legal, medical, and financial).
Counselling/social work for the adoptive parents.
Payment to the adoption agency for facilitating the whole process.

The only significant difference I know of in the US is that some ahencies are for-profit, and medical costs aren't covered by unicersal healthcare, so have to be added on.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ohhh, that makes since. I didn't even think to look that up, I thought that was the norm everywhere (paying for adoption, etc)

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

The premise in action before our very eyes.

[–] yuki2501@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

"Edit: I had no idea... I thought it was the norm"

Thanks for confirming the article 😁