The Broken Adoption and Foster Care System:
I want to call for deregulation of:
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
• Department of Child Services (DCS)
• Child Protective Services (CPS)
• Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS)
• Department of Social Services (DSS)
Let me start by saying this: Every child deserves love, safety, and a chance at a meaningful life. But when you look at the adoption and foster care systems in this country, it’s clear we’ve taken a noble idea—protecting children—and turned it into a bureaucratic nightmare that profits off the very kids it claims to help. This is not compassion. This is not protection. This is modern-day slavery, and it needs to stop—immediately, if not sooner.
The Cost of Adoption: Paying to Save Lives
Let’s talk about adoption. There are thousands of children out there who desperately need a loving home. Many of them come from families that either can’t or won’t take care of them. Worse yet, some parents would rather see their children aborted (murdered, plain and simple) than face the responsibility of raising them.
And yet, when someone steps up and says, “I’ll take this child, love them, and give them a life they deserve,” what happens? The system demands thousands of dollars in fees, paperwork, and legal hoops. Why? Shouldn’t the goal be to get these children into good homes as quickly as possible? Instead, the process is drawn out, complicated, and expensive, making adoption unattainable for many families who would gladly give these kids the love they need.
Let’s call it what it is: The system is selling children. You have to pay for the privilege of rescuing a child from a life of instability and uncertainty. How is this any different from buying someone’s freedom? This is not charity or protection—it’s exploitation.
The Foster Care System: Kids Owned by the State
And if you think foster care is the better option, think again. When you foster a child, you aren’t truly given the freedom to parent them. Why? Because the state still owns the child.
You’re expected to follow government rules for how you raise the child, including restrictions on discipline. Can’t spank. Can’t enforce consequences. Can’t parent the way you know is best because the government dictates how you should raise them. How does this help a child? It doesn’t. It creates chaos in the home, enabling bad behavior and stripping the foster parents of the tools they need to guide and nurture the child.
The system has taken these children and made them wards of the state, controlling every aspect of their lives and the lives of the families who want to help them. What we’re seeing is the face of slavery in modern America. These kids aren’t being rescued—they’re being controlled and commodified.
The System Is About Money, Not Protection
Child services and the entire adoption/foster care system were originally set up to protect kids from bad families. And, yes, there are some families that kids need to be protected from. But the system has lost its way. Today, it’s all about money and control.
Think about it:
• Adoption agencies profit from fees.
• Foster parents are micromanaged by a government system that collects funding based on the number of kids in the system.
• Parents trying to adopt or foster are turned away or burdened with unnecessary costs and restrictions, all in the name of “protecting the child.”
Meanwhile, the kids suffer. They remain in limbo, shuffled from one place to another, while the system profits off their misfortune.
The Hypocrisy of the System
Here’s what really gets me: The same system that allows for the murder of unborn children through abortion turns around and demands payment from families who want to adopt. The same government that claims to care about children’s welfare won’t let foster parents properly discipline or parent them. The hypocrisy is staggering.
If the goal were truly to help children, the process would be simple, accessible, and focused on the kids’ well-being—not the government’s bottom line. Instead, we have a system designed to enrich itself while holding children and families hostage.
What Needs to Change?
1. Eliminate the Cost of Adoption: Adoption should not come with a price tag. If families are willing to open their homes and hearts to a child, the system should facilitate the process—not profit from it.
2. Restore Parental Authority in Foster Care: Foster parents should have the freedom to parent and discipline as needed. The state’s role should be to support, not control, these families.
3. Cut the Bureaucracy: Simplify the adoption and foster care processes. Remove the red tape and focus on placing children in loving homes quickly and efficiently.
4. Prioritize the Kids, Not the Money: Shift the focus from profits and control to the actual needs of the children.
A Call to Action
Children are not commodities. They are not government property. They are gifts from God, and they deserve to be treated as such. The current adoption and foster care systems are broken—designed to profit off the very children they claim to protect.
It’s time to stand up and demand change. We cannot allow this modern-day slavery to continue. Let’s return to a system that puts children first, supports families, and values life. It’s time to stop the exploitation and start doing what’s right—for the kids, for the families, and for the future.