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Buttigieg Says Black Babies Come At âDiscountâ â Gets Smacked Down By Adoption Expert
Opinion by Thomas EnglishA leading adoption advocate rebuked former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for suggesting racial disparities in adoption fees, calling the claim âignorantâ and misleading.
In an op-ed published in The Hill, National Council for Adoption President Ryan Hanlon addressed Buttigiegâs suggestion that adopting white children involves a âlistâ and a âdeposit on a fetusâ while implying black children are adopted at a discount. Hanlon said such language grossly misrepresents how private domestic adoption works and perpetuates harmful myths about adoption and race.
âAnybody who says race is not a thing in this country should experience an adoption process, where there are literally different lists if you say that you want a white kid only versus if you say that doesnât matter,â Buttigieg said on Flagrant, a podcast hosted by comedian Andrew Schulz. âLiterally a different list. The list for âwhite kid onlyâ is longer. And not only that, there was actually a discount â or, you didnât have to pay a deposit on the fees. This is, like, how it works. I couldnât believe it.â
âAs someone who has worked with hundreds of adoption agencies and professionals across the country for decades, I can confidently say that [Buttigiegâs comments] misrepresent how private adoption works,â Hanlon wrote. âMore importantly, when media narratives confuse or conflate key facts, the real harm falls on children and families.â
Hanlon explained that private domestic adoption is a voluntary process where birth parents â not agencies â select adoptive families. In todayâs system, most expectant mothers are not only involved in choosing the adoptive parents but often stay in contact with them and their child through open adoptions. The data, Hanlon said, shows that fewer than a third of mothers consider race as a major factor when selecting parents.
Buttigiegâs remarks, which drew a swift reaction online, came during a broader discussion on parenting and adoption. But Hanlon argues his framing risks turning a deeply personal, life-altering process into fodder for political point-scoring.
Hanlon also pushed back against what he called the âculture-war shorthandâ that warps public understanding of adoption, stressing that only about 25,000 private domestic infant adoptions occur each year â far fewer than the number of hopeful parents ready and willing to adopt a child of any background.
Comment:
I feel sorry for Buttigieg's adopted kids.
They will never know a Mother's love.
And they will be ashamed of Buttigieg's racism.