Adoption enables adults to experience the unique joys of parenthood.
It allows children to flourish in loving, permanent homes, and to grow up to become happy, productive members of our national community. In governing on the side of children and families, President Clinton keeps fighting for initiatives that benefit parents who choose to build their families through adoption. That's why he fought for and signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, giving working parents up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for new-born or adopted children, or for a sick family member, without fear of losing their job. For this reason he is challenging private corporations to extend maternity benefits to adoptive parents. President Clinton is working to remove barriers to adoption that too often keep children and would-be parents apart.