chanel
Silver Member
People go out of the country because they want infants. There are plenty of older children and children with disabilities who need foster care and parents. If there are childen out of the country who need homes why ruin their chances by forcing homegrown baby production?What a way to get someone to birth a child for you!!
Do childless couples have trouble adopting now? Have we run out of orphans?
Yes, we have. Why do you think so many people go out of the country?
Adoption Statistics: Placing Children* Less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of Black unmarried women. (Mosher and Bachrach, 1996)
* Of Black women with premarital births,
From 1952 to 1972, 1.5% placed their children for adoption.
From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to .2%
From 1982 to 1988, it rose to 1.1%.
* Of White women with premarital births,
From 1952 to 1972, 19.3% placed their children for adoption.
From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to 7.6%.
From 1982 to 1988, it fell further to 3.2%. (Bachrach, Stolley, London, 1992)
Yes they want infants, and going out of the country to adopt is very, very expensive as I'm sure you know. If these women don't want their children, they should give them up at birth.
No one is forcing homegrown baby production Ang. These unwanted pregnancies aren't forced upon anyone. Except in the case of rape.
Being pregnant isn't fun, but that's the risk you take if you aren't extra careful. Abortion shouldn't be the only choice for unwanted children.