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Originally posted by yatzr
I totally agree with this. There are so many frickin couples out there looking to adopt, and they have to pay so much money that its not even funny.
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I know a handful of adoptive parents (about a dozen) and when they were adopting they all were pretty particular about their child. The white parents wanted white babies and the black parents wanted black babies; the were all looking for perfect little babies who looked like them. For the most part all of them didn't mind waiting, either. One couple I know turned down 3 different kids because "they weren't white or they were too old."
Never once did I hear them say "It doesn't matter what he/she looks like I'll love them all the same." If the dozen parents I know are indicative of the whole, then that's a shame.
I can't imagine having to give a kid up for adoption knowing there's a good chance he's going to live in foster care growing up because he didn't fit some idealistic mold these adoptive parents were looking for.
By the way...just to stay on track with the subject. I'm all for abortion used responsibly. It's one thing to have an abortion because of circumstances, it's quite another to use it as a last ditch effort at birth control.