The ADOPT Act of 2025 aims to criminalize unlawful adoption practices.
The ADOPT Act of 2025 amends title 18, United States Code, to criminalize unlawful adoption practices. It introduces penalties for individuals and organizations that knowingly provide things of value, including money, property, or services, to placing parents before consulting with a licensed agency or attorney. It also prohibits adoption advertising and unauthorized payments to placing parents. The Act ensures that individuals have access to licensed adoption providers and aims to prevent the commodification of children in private domestic interstate adoptions.
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