Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children.

        [Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 239 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

2d Session
H. CON. RES. 239

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 27 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

Received

October 2 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and
commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out
an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children.

Whereas in 2002, there were 22,291 domestic infant adoptions in the United
States;
Whereas birthparents who decide to carry out an adoption plan come from all
walks of life, with various backgrounds and socioeconomic status;
Whereas birthparents who carry out an adoption plan should be recognized and
commended for doing what they believe is in the best interest of their
child;
Whereas loving, nurturing adoptive families make it possible for birthparents to
carry out an adoption plan;
Whereas adoptive families make an important difference in the life of a child
through adoption and show the compassionate spirit of our Nation;
Whereas adoptive families should be recognized and commended for providing a
permanent, safe, and loving home for a child;
Whereas studies have shown that adopted children form deep emotional bonds with
their adoptive parents indistinguishable from those biological children
form with their parents;
Whereas adopted children grow up to make valuable contributions to our Nation
and lead fulfilling lives;
Whereas adopted children should be recognized and commended for understanding
that the choice of the birthparents to carry out an adoption plan may be
a difficult and carefully considered decision made out of love for a
child; and
Whereas Congress should do more to support adoption, including birthparents who
carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That Congress recognizes and acknowledges the important role of
adoption, and commends all parties involved, including birthparents who
carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children.

Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 2008.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.