Why don't you adopt a child in the US?

The statistics go something like this: for every baby available for adoption in the US, there are 800 couples wanting to adopt. Simply put, there are not that many healthy children available to single parents in the US. Additionally, many US adoptions are for fostered children, as the US tries to keep children with birth parents and families and only makes a child available for adoption if that proves impossible after many years in the "system." Many of these children have been in abusive situations and need a lot of special attention once placed. The other alternative is the "open" adoption, which is very popular here, where the adoptive parents know the birth mother and she may continue to be involved in the child's life. Other factors with US adoption are the length of time it can take -- many years -- and that birth parents can often "reclaim" children even after an adoption is considered final. For all of these reasons, I have chosen to adopt internationally as many other singles choose to do.