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Unadopt a Child

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Screenshot of an article in the Atlantic magazine with the headline "When Families un-adopt a child," and the subheading "Between 1 and 5 percent of U.S. adoptions get legally dissolved each year. Some children are put up for 'second chance adoptions.'" The article is by Jenn Morson with an illustration of a small child reaching up to a shadowed gray adult who appears to be disappearing. The illustration is by Katie Martin of the Atlantic