Adoption

[PussyCat]

A 1.[4 billion] dollar industry in which American couples buy a baby from a [third world country] for ,000 to ,000 USD. There is a strong correlation between the price of the baby and the race of the baby.
During [the selection] process, every attempt is made to purchase a non-defective human.
Significant portions of the transaction wind up lining the pockets of corrupt third world government officials and shady the non-profit orgagizations involved in connecting the buyers of babies with the sellers of babies.

[Jessica]

The action or fact of adopting or being adopted.

[Marquetta]

A less painful, more humane alternative to abortion (for the baby, that is). Recent [studies show] that abortion actually IS painful to the fetus being aborted. Therefore, in order to avoid having a baby, one should [do one] of the following:

Let yourself give birth to the baby, then simply [put it up] for adoption.

Make it easy for yourself simply by not fucking your boyfriend until youre ready to support a child and have a new husband. 10/1 chances your so-called lover will want nothing to do with you after he finds out the news.

[Michiko]

adoption is the practice of one family raising a child born to another family. All parties in the adoption triad -- the three groups consisting of the birth parent(s), adoptive parent(s) and [adoptee] -- are grieving in some way. The baby or young child who is adopted [grieves] for the loss of their biologic family, and this feeling of isolation and loss can be life-lone, no matter how loving the [adoptive family] is. The birth parents [grieve] for the child they gave up (willingly or unwillingly). And the adoptive parents grieve (often for years) over being unable to have children of their own before they adopt -- or they think they are saving a child from an awful life, and can be quite disappointed if the adopted child is not perfect. visit www.bastardnation.com for more on all sides of the adoption question.

[Oralee]

taking a familyless [child] into [ones] home and family, to [care] for it as ones own.

[Jason Yan]

a term used to describe a process where a child in unable to be [cared] for by the birth parents and is adopted into a [foster family]. The birth parents are not allowed contact with the child until he/she turns 18.
Adoption can have major affects on the child such as depression and [withdrawl] syptoms.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

An [adoption] in [chess] is when one player beats another 10 in a row in the same time control, with no [draws].

[Kai]

[long] term/ [permanent] [fostering]

[Sarah]

the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own: