Advantages Of International Adoption

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There are many abandoned and vulnerable children in this world that do not have a family,( Save the Children)and are waiting to be adopted by a caring and loving family. Adoption is a very important decision in life. Everyday children are born to parents that give them up for adoption for one reason or another. Many of them are what are best for the child’s sake. We are going to discuss international and domestic adoption. International adoption is where you adopt a child from a country and bring that child back to your country to live with you permanently. Domestic adoption is where you adopt a child from the same country in which you live in, and take them home to live with you permanently. International adoption can have some advantages …show more content…

International adoption has some advantages to it that domestic adoption doesn’t. International adoption process is easier and shorter than domestic adoption, which can take up to a year. In international adoption you can choose which gender of the child you would like, where in domestic adoption you can’t. Another advantage for international adoption is you don’t have to wait on the birth mother to choose you; you can choose the child and proceed on with the adoption process. Domestic adoption is a long draw out process. In domestic adoption the adoptees have to pay for the expenses of the birth mother, whereas in the international you do not have to pay for anything to do with the birth mother. Also in domestic the birth mother has up to one year to change her mind and come back and get the child. In international adoption once it is done it is final unless you would like to change it. Then you have to go back through the whole process of getting it undone and why you would like it undone. Domestic adoption also cost more than international adoption. Domestic can cost anywhere from 20,000 to 35,000 dollars to adopt. International adoption cost anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 dollars, depending on the age of the child that you would like to adopt.(Independent Adoption