In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last month, adoption agencies have been flooded with calls from people wanting to adopt orphaned kids. Angelina Jolie, normally a vocal advocate for adoption, is asking people to wait.

"An emergency is not the time for new adoptions in any way," Jolie said in a Feb. 14 interview with Christiane Amanpour of CNN. "Child trafficking has been a huge problem for a very long time. Everybody that means well needs to really take that very seriously."

Jolie and husband Brad Pitt were rumored to be considering adoption of a Haitian child prior to the earthquake. Both denied the rumor, and Jolie is now urging people interested in adopting Haitian children to exercise caution and patience.

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