International adoptions down, foster-care adoptions up, says new book

International adoptions down, foster-care adoptions up, says new book

Adam Pertman, executive editor of an adoption institute, says previous U.S. adoption trends have flipped. In the new edition of his book “Adoption Nation,” Pertman says once-popular international adoptions have slowed because of rising nationalism and attempts to keep children with their biological parents. Adoptions of foster children increased 53 percent in 2008. Pertman also says the Internet has changed the adoption landscape because of the plethora of cyber ads looking for pregnant women interested in giving their up babies. (Wall Street Journal)