I get very angry when people just blithely say, why don't you adopt, with no thought or research into statements, as if we jumped into surrogacy. Adoption is simply not an option.
For those of you not regular readers of this blog here are previous rants:
http://havingababyinindia.blogspot.com/2011/02/time-and-adoption-cons.html
http://havingababyinindia.blogspot.com/2010/12/australian-adoptions-slump-to-lowest.html
The numbers continue to decline, so from roughly 200 intercountry adoptions to roughly 175 for the whole of Australia. A recent report for my home state was around 26 adoptions.
Keeping in mind that there are now waiting lists to go to information nights which average 30- 50 couples running x10 per year, for each state ( and the ACT) in Australia.
Thank God for surrogacy, without which i would not have Max or Lily.
Adoptions in Australia hit record low
ADOPTIONS have hit a record low in Australia, a new report says.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report says there were 348 finalised adoptions in 2010-11, a seven per cent drop on the previous financial year.
It represents a decline of up to 90 per cent on the number of adoptions in early 1970s.
Twenty years ago there were 1143 adoptions in Australia.
The report attributes the decline to a decrease in the number of children considered to be in need of adoption and changes to adoption laws.
More than half the recent adoptions were overseas-born children.
The bulk of overseas adopted children were from Asia.
Chinese children represented 24 per cent, followed by the Philippines 17 per cent and Taiwan 12 per cent.
For the first time in two decades South Korea was not in the top four most common countries of origin for Australian adoptions
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/adoptions-in-australia-hit-record-low/story-e6frea73-1226221393747
For those of you not regular readers of this blog here are previous rants:
http://havingababyinindia.blogspot.com/2011/02/time-and-adoption-cons.html
http://havingababyinindia.blogspot.com/2010/12/australian-adoptions-slump-to-lowest.html
The numbers continue to decline, so from roughly 200 intercountry adoptions to roughly 175 for the whole of Australia. A recent report for my home state was around 26 adoptions.
Keeping in mind that there are now waiting lists to go to information nights which average 30- 50 couples running x10 per year, for each state ( and the ACT) in Australia.
Thank God for surrogacy, without which i would not have Max or Lily.
Adoptions in Australia hit record low
ADOPTIONS have hit a record low in Australia, a new report says.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report says there were 348 finalised adoptions in 2010-11, a seven per cent drop on the previous financial year.
It represents a decline of up to 90 per cent on the number of adoptions in early 1970s.
Twenty years ago there were 1143 adoptions in Australia.
The report attributes the decline to a decrease in the number of children considered to be in need of adoption and changes to adoption laws.
More than half the recent adoptions were overseas-born children.
The bulk of overseas adopted children were from Asia.
Chinese children represented 24 per cent, followed by the Philippines 17 per cent and Taiwan 12 per cent.
For the first time in two decades South Korea was not in the top four most common countries of origin for Australian adoptions
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/adoptions-in-australia-hit-record-low/story-e6frea73-1226221393747
For NSW, the S.Korea quota was 7 in 2011 with 2010 matched, approved and court finalised families waiting an additional 6mths for hard to acquire exit visas. Taiwan's 12% consisted of 3 children. The info nights are attracting less and less people and surrogacy is actively discouraged as mission impossible. But having just achieved 'mission impossible' with the amazing work of Dr Shivani ... We wish all who try the very real possibility of creating a family ...
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't be that hard to give a child a home and become part of a family. I think most Surrogacy families have been asked the question 'why don't you just adopt' - well we would do both if we could was my answer. In fact I would still adopt now if it was achievable. Being blessed with children born through Surrogacy doesn't stop us from wanting to adopt a child. Bureaucracy stops us.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That's incredible! Probably of the 175 Aussie adoptions, at least half were done by family members who took over custody of a child or a step-parent who adopted a child from a previous marriage. That's insane!!!
ReplyDeleteIn Canada we spent almost $10,000 only to be told we were not candidates for adoption and cannot adopt. People don't realize how hard, strict and long it takes.
ReplyDeleteJean
I read this article too and my heart just broke. Far too much red tape and heartbreak to go through such a long process to end up with nothing. Obviously I understand the legalities with it all... but it really frustrates me.
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