It does not, however, prevent rejection for reasons of poor health or limited life expectancy. Many people take the ability to conceive children for granted. Unfortunately up to one in five couples of childbearing age face complications having children of their own. Millions of people are unable to naturally conceive. Adoption is an important way of allowing people who are ready, willing, and able to provide for a child, to have the family they have dreamed of.
Adoption is beneficial for the child.
A child not adopted may enter the foster care system. Foster care provides less permanency and does not render the continuity of caregivers often necessary for optimum child development. Adoption provides many opportunities that are not available for children in foster homes and tends to present more favorable conditions for their growth and development. With improvements in medical care the number of people living and surviving many diseases has increased. For example more than eight million people are surviving cancer today.