Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) 24 percent of people of the United States say that they have considered adopting a child. (2) 80 percent of women who consider adoption do so after their sixth month of pregnancy. (3) 81 percent of birth parents report that easy access to objective information is important to them when making the decision to choose adoption. (4) 93 percent of people of the United States consider hospitals and health care facilities to be trustworthy sources of information about adoption. (5) 98.2 percent of nurses have no formal professional training in the sensitivities around adoption. (6) Fewer than 1 percent of women with unintended pregnancies place their children through adoption.