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Originally Posted by daswig
I wouldn't think so. A healthy child is a healthy child, and a child who is at risk for chemically generated birth defects would be less of an attractive adoption candidate.
For example, a white child from two healthy parents that didn't do drugs, smoke, or drink alcohol and who had proper prenatal care would be considerably more attractive for adoption than a white prematurely-born child whose mother smoked crack while pregnant and who received no prenatal care.
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but most of that would be known. you can't tell me that someone who goes in saying 'i'll take anything but a black baby' is saying that because they're only afraid that it has a higher risk for hiv/birth defects. by the time a baby is adopted (unless it's going straight from birth to the adopted parents), they're going to know if it has hiv (either way they'll test it and know) and many birth defects they'll know at birth too. some won't be apparant until later in development, but many will be. the adoption agencies will know if the child was born prematurely, under/over weight, etc. so if someone is saying 'any but a black baby' there's more to it than just 'hiv/birth defects.'