The human trafficking industry uses adoption as propaganda to run a global child supply market. Mothers and fathers are being groomed, brainwashed, coerced and threatened to exploit them for their children. The children are then commodified and made into objects to be owned. Throughout recent history, "adoption" has been associated with crimes against humanity including genocides, slavery, and mass murder. Despite widespread reports and ongoing testimonies of victims, the industry continues to be promoted, celebrated, and funded in the U.S.  

Each year, tens of thousands of children are trafficked in the U.S. through state child welfare systems and private agencies in the US.

While the government collects data on favorable outcomes and publishes them, there are no accurate data on the number of deaths and murders of children in placements. The fact that children are being taken, trafficked, and killed by this industry is reason enough to stop promoting it. Child trafficking is not and should never be used as a child placing solution. Promoting it as such is wrong and needs to stop. 

Among the numerous children murdered is an 11 year old girl known by her trafficked name of Arabella McCormack. Through an extensive investigation, it concluded there had been over 700 counts of abuse. By the time of her death, her weight was merely 45 lbs and there were 15 bone fractures from head to toe. The husband was a border patrol officer who killed himself the day the police issued their arrest. His wife was a minister in the local church where her parents volunteered as well. One would think this must be a rare case with such violence and brutality. The truth is many more involve children being tortured to death just like Arabella.  

Yet, the industry carries on and has steadily been growing in market size resulting in bigger profits. 

Since its start in 1998, National Adoption Month has acted as a month-long marketing and sales campaign, kicking off with a presidential proclamation. The campaign includes every element of human trafficking, including the recruitment, the transfer of ownership to the exploitation for profit when the papers are signed. It is wrong to promote this industry when it is killing our children. 

If you agree that the promotion of child trafficking should be banned in all its forms including National Adoption Month, sign and share this petition. Make this a national effort to ensure no child or family in America will fall victim to this criminal industry. Every child is a target. Let it not be yours. As a country, let's send a clear message that no child is for sale, not here, not ever.