As with many issues, people voice their support so long as it doesn't land in their backyard. The homeless shelter on their street, for example. Another example is being against abortion but not adopting children, especially those from unwanted pregnancies. I only know of one person to do it and he's one of the few people I can honestly say puts their money where their mouth is. So, those of you against abortion, have you adopted? If not, why not?
Hello High Fidelity, when my wife and I signed up to be adoptive parents 20 years ago, we were hoping for a newborn, but we were told not to get our hopes up to high because adopting a newborn baby was such a long shot. The reason? Back then there were almost 100 qualified couples
(IOW, couples looking to adopt a newborn who were already in the system) for every newborn child who was put up for adoption.
The difference is even greater today. More than 100 to 1.
So there are plenty of qualified, loving families hoping to adopt any/all newborns who are put up for adoption today, and birth moms are able to choose from a large number of qualified families and pick the couple/family who they believe is best suited to raise their child for them.
The problem, therefore, has NOTHING to do with finding enough loving families/homes for all of the "unwanted" newborns out there, it's finding enough newborn babies to fill all of the homes of the families who want them!!
There are no "unwanted" babies, just a lack of birth moms choosing adoption over abortion
Thanks!
--David
p.s. - our adopted son is 20 years old now, and our home is still his home
"A baby is cradled / carried in the womb of it's mother, to grow and be nurtured until birth. Each baby is a wholly separate person from it's mother: With different DNA, different fingerprints, with possibly a different blood type or the opposite sex. The baby is a person living within a person and not "the mother's body". The mom is appointed to care for the separate life she carries within her and once it's born, find a home for her baby, if she can't provide one." -- Melody Green
*This post was copied, in part, from a post I just made in a similar thread here at CF.
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