Around the world, there are an estimated 153 million orphans who have lost one parent. There are 17,900,000 orphans who have lost both parents and are living in orphanages or on the streets and lack the care and attention required for healthy development. These children are at risk for disease, malnutrition, and death.

In the U.S. 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. 101,666 of these children are eligible for adoption, but nearly 32% of these children will wait over three years in foster care before being adopted.

In 2012, 23,396 youth aged out of the U.S. foster care system

As of 2012, more than 58,000 children in the U.S. foster care system were placed in institutions

[link to ccainstitute.org]



How about we take care of these kids before we worry about the one's that don't exist?

AND we're not even talking about the kids that are with their natural parents - who don't love them and don't want them. Who go hungry. Who are left to fend for themselves within their home.