機関's 破産 dashes 採択 hopes across U.S.
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The abrupt 終結 and 破産 とじ込み／提出するing by a U.S. 採択 機関 has stunned hundreds of 希望に満ちた （弁護士の）依頼人s left struggling with the emotional 衝撃 and likely loss of thousands of dollars.
The 非，不，無-利益（をあげる） 独立した・無所属 採択 中心 of Concord, California, の近くにd on Jan. 31 and とじ込み／提出するd for 一時期／支部 7 破産 on Feb. 3. （弁護士の）依頼人s said as many as 800 families may be 影響する／感情d, although the 機関 has not 供給するd 人物／姿／数字s.
"In all our considerations of what could go wrong with 採択, this was never one," said Sharon Cohen of Austin, Texas, who made her last 支払い（額） to the 機関 in December.
In a 声明, the 機関 非難するd より小数の 可能性のある birth parents than at any point in its 35-year history.
"同時に, 予定 to changing demographics and the 終結 of international 採択 programs, there are more 希望に満ちた adoptive parents 捜し出すing to 可決する・採択する 国内で than in any other time in 最近の history," the 声明 said.
独立した・無所属 採択 中心's board 大統領，／社長, Gregory Kuhl, 定評のある in 法廷，裁判所 papers the hard feelings 誘発するd by the 機関's 終結, and said families and birthmothers are getting 可能性のある referrals.
Kuhl could not be reached for comment.
Jason Aronne of San Diego said he had a hard time 受託するing the 推論する／理由 the 機関 gave for its 終結. "They took in plenty of families in 2016, " he said.
Aronne and his husband 調印するd a 契約 with the gay-friendly 機関 in May. "It seems like half their （弁護士の）依頼人s were gay," he said.
International 採択s and unintended pregnancies have been 落ちるing, 圧力ing 採択 機関s.
"We all sort of compare 公式文書，認めるs and have all seen the same thing," said Lisa Clark, (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director of 可決する・採択する International, an 機関 headquartered in San Francisco.
Stacey Green of Greenwood, Indiana, said she and her husband put $16,000 into trying to 可決する・採択する through 独立した・無所属 採択 中心 - after $15,000 価値（がある） of 不成功の 医療の 治療s to conceive.
"I can't keep going into 負債," Green said. "I don't want to give up hope, but unless we're going to get some money 支援する somewhere, I don't think we can 扱う any more expenses." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Jim Christie; Editing by Dan Grebler)
