Adoption in America is marked by supply and demand imbalances. One exists between the shrinking number of infants (especially healthy white infants) being placed for adoption and the growing number of infertile couples and other families and individuals desiring to adopt. Would-be adoptive parents often wait for years, spend thousands of dollars, and in some cases travel to other countries in their quest to adopt a baby. However, another imbalance exists between the thousands of older American children eligible for adoption now housed in temporary foster homes and the number of families and individuals willing to adopt these children, many of whom may require special medical and educational attention. Social policy efforts to rectify these imbalances, such as encouraging pregnant women to consider adoption or placing more foster care children in adoptive homes, have themselves caused controversy, especially as regards the interests and...