There are tens of thousands of children around the world waiting to be adopted, but the vast majority of them will never find a permanent family. This reflects a trend in a number of countries over the past 20 years of ending international adoptions. The World’s Maria Noble Valdez wanted, as an adoptee herself, to know more.
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