The ADOPT Act of 2025 aims to criminalize unlawful adoption practices.
The ADOPT Act of 2025 seeks to amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize unlawful adoption practices. It defines unlawful practices such as providing adoption intermediary services, making unauthorized payments to placing parents, and placing adoption advertisements without proper consultation. The bill also aims to protect individuals and families from exploitation by unlicensed adoption intermediaries, ensure access to licensed providers, and prevent the commodification of children in private domestic interstate adoptions. Violations carry penalties including fines and imprisonment.
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