Does anyone know of adoption agencies in other countries that take american babies?
November 13, 2009 by Adoption Information and Laws
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Can you answer Mal88’s question about Adoption?:
I live in America and I want to give my baby up for adoption, but I don’t want it to grow up in America. So far all I can find is information on Americans adopting babies from other countries when I want to do the opposite.
Adopting From Foster Care
I live in America and I want to give my baby up for adoption, but I don’t want it to grow up in America. So far all I can find is information on Americans adopting babies from other countries when I want to do the opposite.
Adopting From Foster Care
Adoption Feedback: try maybe england or canada?
Adoption Feedback: The United States does not participate in International adoptions like countries such as Russia or China. Unless you make a private arrangement with a couple in a country of your choice you will not find an organization that processes adoptions from the United States to another country. If you have a country in mind where you’d like your child to grow up, then you could place an ad in the newspapers of those areas and see if you can make some contacts that way. You will need to have a lawyer here with some international law experience as well as legal contacts in the country you choose. Private adoption is your only option. I think you will likely find that the cultures in many countries are not as open to international adoption like it is in the US.
Adoption Feedback: I don’t understand why you don’t want your child to grow up in America? There are people that really WANT to be here in America. I have never heard of an American baby being adopted by someone in another country. And, you do realize, that if your baby is born here, they will still be an American citizen?
Adoption Feedback: 60 Minutes or 20/20 had a segment on a number of years ago about American children being adopted overseas to places like Sweden, Switzerland and Germany but as I recall it was mostly through private adoptions and at least one of the adoptive parents had ties to the US (duel citizenship or some such connection). I don’t think there is any soft of organized mechanism for adoptions from the US to overseas.
Adoption Feedback: Yes, the U.S. does export babies. Read the article for more information about how a 57 year-old woman adopted an infant from the U.S.
If you’re rich enough, you can buy anything you want, including babies.
Adoption Feedback: I like this question but not for the reason you might think. It brings a new light to things.
to answer the question No I do not know of any.
but more than that: Are our children being shipped out the same as the are being shipped in?
If babies are in such high demand here why would we ship them out?
If everyone else is doing it are we too?
How do people feel about that?
If they don’t like it what makes them think other countries like it?
If we are doing it what do the AP’s who are on the long lists think?
I don’t understand your logic at all but have a star for shedding new light.
Adoption Feedback: Yes, it is possible to place your child with an adoptive familiy in another country. As an American you’ll need to work with an agency in the US rather then one in a foreign country. There are agencies in the US though that also place American children with families in other countries, such as Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland (although the majority of the couples they work with live in the US).
As an adoptive parent myself, I don’t have any problem with this. Although yes, there are far more couples in the US hoping to adopt then there are babies available for adoption, if an expectant mother feels it would be in her child’s best interest to be raised in another country, then it should be her right to make that decision.
I know these agencies do work with some foreign families (in addition to American families) hoping to adopt from the US.
to the last comment that you (would have to maintain some level of contact with your child.)
I hope Tobi the Kiwi has Adoption Internationally other wise they are only talking about direct parent contact in the NZ sense of a Adoption’ All OPEN Adoptions in NZ are just that, a agreement that both parties have agreed times such as birthdays etc photos and so on, that the bio Mum and dad (may) expect. And then some bio Mums in NZ that give up their babies to may not want any contact this is sort between what is agreed upon a person giving up the baby/ child, there are no hard and fast rules, but is all in good Faith and trust as to say between person Adopting and the bio parents.
If a father does not want to give up his child and the bio mum does, then this must go through proper legal channels. As fathers do have rights to say something, every case though is unique. But say a young Mum says not they don’t know the father, but really do, that can fall back on the Mum and any Lawyer ( as their was a case in NZ like that not long ago)that tries to just do as one asks.
As unless it was a immaculate conception, or through a medical IVF, it did take 2 to make the child, so fair 2 agree before any Adoptions plans made.
OK INTERNATIONAL Adoptions: the agreement with NZ and International countries, best you make sure they have the Hague agreement with the other countries, this is to protect any child from illegally or shoddy Adoptions, and thus protecting interest of all parties that are not so Internationally aware of the very strict procedures and channels one must follow by. NZ only works with countries that have NZ has accreditation with. ( independent Adoptions do happned but are even harder ,and may not provide same support )
FACT: if some one any one says they want to give up their baby on a site like this, well you MUST be ethical and first port of call is go through your qualified and well Internationally experienced Social worker in America first, then ask them IF they have a AGREEMENT with NZ, and or any other country you may think about, or others may try to suggest, as NZ wont be doing any Adoptions through other countries that don’t have a Agreement and working relationship with that country.
last thing like to say to all, it is offensive and very ignorant to say any one that can afford to BUY a baby? no one should be paying any on person in the hand for a baby, if you are expecting this to happen, then its not the people who Adopts problem, but a very Unethical person that expects this.
Any one any way would expect to pay clothes for their child, travel costs to what ever country they choice to go to, translators, a once of fee say $2000 at the most and under thats norm to a Lawyers time and work for legal work, and any costs that may be needed for your own medical checks before you travel , and cost for your child/ baby to be check in their country of origin BEFORE they travel back.
In NZ NO ONE pays for home studies, in America I hear they may expect this.
Yours would be a Private Adoption that only you and the new parents would feel secure agreeing to.
I agree to America is a very big country so why not adopt your child their?, unless it was through tragic event etc…however there are far more waiting parents iniNZ for a real Adoption to happen that babies available, and the cost of IVF can be just as much as a international Adoption any way , and some people here have sopent much on less with no results, so NZ does thank goodness provide a way for both a child to find good loving homes, as well as doting parents that may have waited 78-10 yrs for a child/ baby,umm.
Good read and feed back from others though.
LOL1 that is waited 7- 10 yrs …. NOT 78- 10 yrs, in a hurry .
Very very few Children are Adopted out side the family here in NZ, mostly the system places children in extended families , and or temporary relief homes or Permeant Placements / long term Fostering , until such time courts decide what is to happen. And some times the child can move to many new homes until problems can be worked through.
One may think a straight Adoption is better special languishing for yrs with out a permeant place called home, just adds to any identities issue they may of had any way, but thats how it is here, and thats why they are many hundreds Adoption nowadays between countries such as Russia and NZ been happen since the 80s 700 plus…. ( but russian program with NZ is on hold until further notice)
The system is not a perfect system but one that does try hard to do what is right for a child often to bring them back to their own family, and this sometimes can not be the best situation…
So most Adoptions wether local or internationally can take between 12 -30mths respectively any how.
any way hope y this person gets thier fact in USA first before placing such a request on a site.
To sum up, no agreement with NZ no Adoption.
Adoption Feedback: English people are allowed to adopt children from the USA.
Adoption Feedback: For whatever reason you want to do this….I think you need to look here first. Just as there are regulations about moving children from state to state and that is overseen by ICPC Compacts, there are Treaties and Conventions overseeing children leaving this country and going to other countries.
Start here and I wish you luck in whatever you decide.
Adoption Feedback: if you dont want it to grow up in america i can only assume thr are 2 reasons, one is that u want to avoid seeing or hearing from your child in a few decades….. the other is that you are un-american and want your child to grow up in a country you deem is better than america….. if so i would suggest new zealand they have a great and comprehensive adoption programme, “bethany” would be the adoption agency you would most likly want if so 2 btw…… however this is a country of open adoption so if u do it this way know your going to have to maintain some level of contact with ur child for the rest of thr or ur life.
Just wanted to clear something up. The level of contact between birth parents and adoptive parents is negotiable in NZ. So at no point do you HAVE to maintain some level of contact with your child for the rest of their life. You agree level of contact with the adoptive parents and you can change/evolve this over time as needs suit. There are adoptive parents in NZ who have no contact at all with the birth parent as their choice and right. Open adoption is the preferred choice – their is no legal obligation to say that is the only choice.
Hello, did you find someone to adopt your baby, if not please email me so I can talk to you.
my email is xorebo78 at aol dot com