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The top 10 source countries for U.S. foreign adoptions in fiscal year 2009, with the new number followed by the number for 2008:
The number of foreign children adopted by Americans plunged more than a quarter in the past year, reaching the lowest level since 1996 and leading adoption advocates to urge Congress to help reverse the trend.
The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell 12 percent in the past year, reaching the lowest level since 1999 as some countries clamped down on the process and others battled with allegations of adoption fraud.
The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has dropped for the third year in a row, a consequence of tougher policies in the two countries — China and Russia — that over the past decade have supplied the most children to U.S. families.
Authorities said Thursday they have halted the work of all foreign adoption agencies in Russia for several months, virtually shutting down the placement of children from one of the most important countries for U.S. families seeking to adopt.
China sticking to one-child policy Since the inception of one child per household in the '70s, China reviewed and renewed this policy as a means of keeping their population down and increasing their chances for economic growth without exhausting their natural resources.
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