Of course, left out of that news is the reality of how almost impossibly difficult adoption has become. If you're a white couple desiring a white child, you can almost forget it. That desire is too often regarded as racism. Go figure.
It's a far cry from the Institionalized racism of Uncle Sam who will only give you a $10,000 tax credit for adopting a foreign child or a NON-SPECIAL NEEDS domestic kid.
Special needs adoptions get the same tax credit. The difference is though that they get the credit whether they spent 10K on the adoption or not. Special needs adoptions are usually cheaper, but they are still allowed to take the entire credit (though not always all in the same tax year).
Domestic adoptions you can only take up to actual expenses (which usually would still run way over 10K). Some private adoptions though could be relatively inexpensive and those situations would not be able to take the full credit.