Society & Culture
428,00 children are in foster care in the United States, 135,000 children are adopted in the United States among these children, males outnumber females, African American children are disproportionately represented and over half are over 6 years or older. (Adoption Network, "Facts about Adoption." Children's Rights. 2013.) But for Markis, 19; Hannah, 16; Devonte, 15; Jeremiah, 14; Abigail, 14; and Ciera, 12 they would experience the darkside of adoption and a tragic end to their young lives by the two people who promised to love and protect them.