The Baby Market: The Case for Adoption Reform

As an adoption agency director and counselor for more than 40 years and an adoptive parent herself, Moody (The Children Money Can Buy) attempts to open eyes to the abuses within the system. Adoption costs have risen dramatically and unpredictably in the last decade. As a result, most adoptive parents in the U.S. are white and college-educated, with a high-paying career and health insurance. This book’s case studies profile the often heart-wrenching stories of parents who find themselves desperate to adopt yet struggle to find reliable information. Agencies often have good intentions, Moody believes, although many are insufficiently skilled and some are even unscrupulous. Filled with personal accounts and packed with information, the book advocates finding an experienced adoption counselor, openly voicing complaints to help reform the system, and fighting for the establishment of national laws to close the gray market for adoption.