Does the Hague Convention Help

What is the Hague Convention?

• May 29, 1993
• April 1, 2008

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What Does the Hague Convention say?

• Requires convention countries to have a centralized authority on adoption
• "Aims to prevent the abduction, sale of, or trafficking" of children
• Promotes domestic adoption first and foremost
• The centralized authority may not gain profit from the adoption

What's Wrong With Those

Whose fault is this?

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• UNICEF
• Lack of Strength

What else has the Hague restricted?

What Can Make Adopting More Challenging?:

• Age Restrictions
• Homosexuality
• Being A Single Parent
• Race Restrictions
• Living in a Household Where Each Person Makes $80,000 a Year or Less

What should the United States do?