The purpose of adoption is to act in the best interests of the child and to find a permanent, secure placement for their life. Preserving and honoring the promise of adoption is a critical family values issue. However, for an estimated 35,000 adult adoptees, because of a gap in the law, this ideal has not been fulfilled.
The United States has been the destination for hundreds of thousands of adoptees; more than 245,000 between 1999 and 2016, according to Department of States statistics, nearly 13,000 of whom were adopted in Pennsylvania. The Department of State estimates that about 354,000 intercountry adoptees came to the United States since the 1940s.
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