Comment Submitted by Victoria D. Ristaino, Towson University

Regarding New 8 CFR 204.304--Improper Inducement Prohibited This definition is very important to this regulation. If there is any type of improper inducement to have a child released, or the adoption process bypassed, the entirety of of this Classification will be made ineffective. Bypassing any part of the process compromises the welfare of the child: 1) the prospective parents could have abusive or subversive intentions for the child; their willingness to bribe an official would be demonstration that they had significant underlying motives, and real impatience with a legitimate process 2) the sale of a birth parent of their child would create a retail-like situation on human life, clearly a violation of human beings as property; in this kind of situation, a birth parent may later change their mind, and, essentially, want their 'goods,' i.e., their child, returned to them Those who engage in these acts of inducement should be permanently banned from adopting a child in the future, or processing adoptions.