Match each term with its definition.

Question

A. an agreement whereby the surrogate mother receives a fee for carrying the child to term
B. an international treaty that requires participants to work to prevent abduction, sale, or trafficking of children and assures that international adoptions are in the best interest of the child
C. preplacement assessment of prospective adoptive parents conducted by a social worker
D. an adoption where the biological parents, the adoptive parents, and sometimes the children are known to each other
E. a form of adoption where one partner of a same sex-couple adopts the child and the other partner files for co-parent
F. the placement of a child of one racial or ethnic/cultural group with parents of a different racial or ethnic/cultural group
G. allow parents to anonymously surrender infants at designated locations without fear of criminal prosecution
H. a contract where the surrogate mother receives no financial reward for carrying the child or relinquishing her right upon birth
I. the surrogate contributes no genetic material to the child she carries

Answer 1

A. Commercial surrogacy
B. Hague Adoption Convention
C. Home study
D. Open adoption
E. Second parent adoption
F. Transracial or transcultural adoptions
G. Safe haven laws
H. Altruistic surrogacy
I. Gestational surrogacy