Longer wait, fewer adoptions: the new landscape of international adoption to the U.S.

For decades, international adoption was seen as a humanitarian bridge between countries and a way for children and adolescents without a permanent family environment to find stability in the United States. Data reveals that in the early 2000s, the country led the world in the number of international adoptions by a wide margin; however, that model began to slowly transform, and today the landscape is radically different.