As facilitators go, Puth was in the enviable position of having a host of especially adoptable children at his disposal.

The prospects for finding adoptable children have slimmed dramatically in the last decade.

Ashley has since dedicated her life to working to better the lives of adoptable children everywhere.

HowStuffWorks: What inspired you to get involved and become an advocate for adoptable children?

In a state where the demand for adoptable children is very high, one would expect the opportunity to adopt these children would attract great interest.

There are so many adoptable children already born into this world that it seems immoral to create "adoptable embryos."

My reasons for deciding not to have children may seem a bit archaic (overpopulation, plenty of adoptable children), but there they are.

First, adoptable children are in oversupply in some places.

No one favors unwanted pregnancy and everyone wants to make sure adoptable children are quickly matched with loving families.

The law requires a centralized data bank of all adoptable children.