if your close friends or family members have adopted a child , you know .
in december , house gop amid border blowback sasse : trump should end ' wicked ' family separation policy more ( r - neb . )
the house and senate conservatives , say that by eliminating the credit , the proposal goes against the gop ’s “ pro - life ” platform .
how much does it cost to adopt ?
the credit essentially helps subsidize costs — sometimes in the tens of thousands for private or international adoptions — for agency and attorney fees , travel , and post - adoption services , such as retrofitting a home for a child with special needs .
but adoption advocates had been bracing for the end of this credit .
an adoptive families magazine survey of 1,100 families who adopted children the house republican tax bill is drawing fire from the right because of a provision that would completely eliminate a tax credit for adoptive parents .
you can work through bureaucracies for months , only to have a judge change his mind at the last instant .
the proposal , unveiled thursday , eliminates the adoption tax credit , which exists to help reduce financial barriers to adoption .