Is China adoption for girls coming to an halt?

Traylee

No, China Adoptions are not stopping. The China Centre of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) recently placed new restrictions on infant adoptions only. None of the new restrictions including the elimination of single parent adoptions and the lowering of the age limit apply to older child adoptions. The CCAA says the restrictions were enacted because all the incoming babies are being adopted. That may or may not be true...what is for certian is that the orphanages are still full of older children, who the CCAA hopes to encourage people to adopt by restricting their adoption of infants.

China continues to be the US's largest international adoption program, with 8,000 Chinese children adopted by US citizens in 2005. (2006 numbers are not yet available.) As it is one of the most stable, predictable programs, this trend is not likely to change in the near future.

China's orphanages and their inhabitants have always been shrouded in mystery for those of us on the outside. China is incrediably sensitive about its one child policy which means it is even more sensitive about the huge number of abandoned children in their ranks. This national sensitivity is so marked that their are even published warnings on the US Department of State website. On the page giving information and guidelines of Chinese adoption it reads "PLEASE NOTE: Chinese authorities are extremely sensitive about the operation of foreign entities in China. Moreover, adoption is also a sensitive subject in China.It is therefore advisable for any person interested in adopting a child from China to act with discretion and decorum. High-profile attention to adoption in China could curtail or eliminate altogether adoption of Chinese children by persons from countries, including the United States, that have caused adoption to become the subject of public attention."

Thus it is really difficult to know what the population of their orphanages really looks like.

Snickette

l haven't actually heard anything about it, but it makes sense to me. lt's been quite a few years now where people in China have been restricted to two children per family, so l guess the overpopulation isn't as big a problem as it used to be. Also, l do remember reading something about there being a pretty big imbalance between boys and girls being born recently, and less abandonment of baby girls, therefore leading to lower female mortality rates. lsn't it strange how things turn around like that?

rosalind

You have asked a very good question that has a very complex answer.In order to know the absolute truth, one would have to go undercover to learn what really goes on.You have to also educate yourself about female-infanticide and the governments recent past history regarding keeping population growth in check.I hate to say it ,but it probably is incumbent on how much money you have and if it is a girl u are going to relieve them of.I am most perplexed as to why a person feels or wants to go outside thier own country to do what I consider an unselfish act-that is to adopt a child.Do u and others not realize how many north american children need a home?

ladybmw1218

From my understanding the traditional attitudes about the superiority of boys are slowly changing and fewer baby girls are being abandoned. It's a good thing!

Doodlestuff

Yes, they are. They are eliminating singles and gays from adopting at all. Parents over 40 (or is it 45?) cannot adopt infants. People are still adopting them, but there was a moratorium on adopting in certain regions.

its not like china needs more ppl, they should let them adopt

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