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I am shocked by what I found on Adoptive Family Cirlce forum.  I am not shocked at the decline in the number of international adoptions.  I am very aware of this.  Continue reading what this author has to say about the decline. Here is the link to where I found this.  http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/forums/viewthread/351/
Here is what it said:
According to the Detroit News, international adoption fell 13 percent in 2010. The AP reports 2010’s total number of international adoptions came in at 11,059, down from 12,753 in 2009 and down more than 50 percent from the all-time high in 2004 of 22,884. One factor? A virtual standstill of adoptions from Guatemala, due to corruption issues, many news sources say. One blogger at Slate.com thinks this drop is a mixed blessing for the adoption community, a sign that:
... the United States government has increased its efforts to end baby- and child-trafficking in countries that send large numbers of children to the U.S. for adoption, and those increased efforts mean both fewer corrupt adoptions, and fewer adoptions overall ... Falling numbers and longer waiting times probably look bleak to parents hoping to adopt internationally, but every adoptive parent should welcome the changes that led to the drop—and, perversely, hope for even lower numbers in years to come.
What do you think about the news? If you’re considering adoption, has it made you think twice about international adoption? If you’re in the midst of an international adoption, how does it make you feel?

I will tell you what I think:  I am outraged that a person would say this: every adoptive parent should welcome the changes that led to the drop—and, perversely, hope for even lower numbers in years to come. Are you kidding me?  Who will take care of the orphans that are left behind?  I want to see ethical adoptions and laws to stop the corruption, but laws should protect the children not imprison them in a system that is broken.  Why should children  suffer the consequences for adults mistakes. In all other areas of social justice we condemn the abuser, for some reason when it comes to adoption we condemn the innocent children.  Being apart of a failed adoption makes this post even more disturbing.  I have felt the pain of the wait and the loss.  Stopping international adoption is not going to make the orphan problem go away.  The person who wrote this post ought to stop and consider if he would feel the same way if he was an orphan all alone with no one that cared about him.