{"id":305213,"date":"2024-01-17T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T18:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=305213"},"modified":"2024-01-21T22:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T04:26:15","slug":"new-york-discourage-adoption-incentivizing-surrogacy-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-york-discourage-adoption-incentivizing-surrogacy-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"New York moves to discourage adoption while incentivizing surrogacy and abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Critics are blasting a New York state rule that limits the financial support adoptive parents can give birth mothers, with many saying the state is now making it easier to abort children than to adopt them.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post<\/a>, the restriction enforced by the Office of Children and Family Services (OFCS) under the administration of Governor Kathy Hochul mandates that financial help can only be made 60 days before the baby is born and 30 days after birth.<\/p>\n

The restriction is referenced in a memo sent on January 5 by OCFS Agency Director Shelly Fiebich.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe advised that the New York State Office of Children and Family Services Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (NYS OCFS ICPC) office has revised the Adoptive Placement Fee Disclosure Form OCFS-4690 to clarify that the [agency] will only apply New York law when reviewing fees paid or to be paid in the context of an adoptive placement and an application for [agency] approval of an adoptive placement into New York,\u201d Fiebich wrote. Fiebich also said that her agency \u201cwill not accept an out-of-state court order that addresses the subject of fees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many times, adoptive families offer financial support to a birth mother as she prepares to give birth, in some instances<\/a> paying for her prenatal care or living expenses. For instance, the New York Adoptive Placement Fee Disclosure Form says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Such fees may include expenses for housing, maternity clothing, clothing for the child, and transportation for a reasonable period as not to exceed 60 days prior to the birth of the child and no later than 30 days after the birth of the child or 30 days after the parental consent to the adoption.<\/em><\/p>\n

Adoption lawyer Lisa Goldberg told the Post that the restriction will discourage a birth mother from choosing a New York family to adopt her child.<\/p>\n