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The governor of Kansas vetoed four anti-abortion measures. Republicans rammed them through anyway. (www.motherjones.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

While there are no official census on adoption rates based on political inclinations the blue states have considerably higher rates of adoption compared to red states and that goes for both national and international adoption.

Just picture a conservative adopting an African or Chinese baby.

According to the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP), 37% of adopted children in the US come from foster care, 38% from private domestic adoptions, and 25% from international adoptions. In 2022, nearly 40% of international adoptions to the US came from Colombia, India, and South Korea. In 2021,

California adopted the most children from other countries, with around 156