Adoption Issues and Family Matters

Apr 30, 2005

Pro-Life - Valuing Human Dignity?

Pro-Life - Valuing Human Dignity?

Pro-Life organizations promote infant adoption, suggesting adoption as a good alternative for a woman with an unexpected pregnancy. Pro-Lifers rarely mention the "keeping-your-baby option" -- in their enthusiasm for getting babies for adoption, adoption and abortion seem to be the only options they consider worth mentioning.

"Human Life is Precious," they say. But is it the intrinsic value of human life and basic human dignity they are referring to? Is human life as precious as gold for sale - or is human life infinitely MORE precious than gold? Is a "human life" to be manipulated, with families divided up, used and even sold? And further, is the mother of a baby valued as a human being? Will she recieve the support she needs as the mother of her baby? Or, is she valued only for her production cababilites, with her own child considered a "product" destined for the adoption market?

In "The Cider House Rules" a baby taken from his mother at birth is given to adopters. "An orphan soon learns it is futile to cry," is the doctors explanation for why the baby does not behave normally for the adopters - who finally decide to return him to the orphanage. A mother is a baby's source of security - it is futile for a baby to cry if his mother never comes around. Psychologists know how adoption affects people.

The consequences of adoption as a "solution" to unplanned pregnancy are known. Both mothers and their children suffer from adoption loss.

Nevertheless, many people say adoptable babies should be taken from their mothers and adopted-out. After all, there are so many people who want a baby. We even seem to have a domestic adoption baby boom here in the United States, with Open Adoption promoted to get more babies away from families that would otherwise keep them. And mothers are being encouraged to abandon their babies at so-called "Safe Havens" for Babies, too. Is the Bush administration promoting adoption so wealthy people can get the healthy baby of their dreams?

"Pro-Life" sounds good - but do Pro-Life organizations value human dignity - or do they only claim to value human dignity? One factor is determining the status of women in a society is how many mothers have their babies adopted-out. Adoption de-values women. Adoption de-values family relatedness. There are more options than abortion and adoption.

Pro-Life -- Why not help to keep the real families together and stop pressuring women into abortion and adoption?

Posted at 04:11 pm by warriorwoman

	Posted by angrybitch @ 08/30/2006 01:28 PM PDT
	Hey, if you can sue the hospitals. Also, I would sue my parents if they would have forced me to give my baby up for adoption. I heard that 2/3's of the unmarried women who lost their babies came from abusive homes. The evidence is the shallow and religious fanatic grandparents who caused their grandchildren to be sold away. What the church and neighbors said was more important to them than the loss of daughter and grandchild. BTW< parents are responsible for their children until they are 18. If they kick you out, report it as child neglect. Also, parents who judge their pregnant teenage daughters have skeletons in their closets. That is another reason why they overreact to their daughters pregnacies.

	Posted by charmaine moore @ 08/30/2006 01:27 PM PDT
	Hey, if you can sue the hospitals. Also, I would sue my parents if they would have forced me to give my baby up for adoption. I heard that 2/3's of the unmarried women who lost their babies came from abusive homes. The evidence is the shallow and religious fanatic grandparents who caused their grandchildren to be sold away. What the church and neighbors said was more important to them than the loss of daughter and grandchild. BTW< parents are responsible for their children until they are 18. If they kick you out, report it as child neglect. Also, parents who judge their pregnant teenage daughters have skeletons in their closets. That is another reason why they overreact to their daughters pregnacies.

	Posted by charmaine moore @ 08/30/2006 01:26 PM PDT
	Hey, if you can sue the hospitals. Also, I would sue my parents if they would have forced me to give my baby up for adoption. I heard that 2/3's of the unmarried women who lost their babies came from abusive homes. The evidence is the shallow and religious fanatic grandparents who caused their grandchildren to be sold away. What the church and neighbors said was more important to them than the loss of daughter and grandchild. BTW< parents are responsible for their children until they are 18. If they kick you out, report it as child neglect. Also, parents who judge their pregnant teenage daughters have skeletons in their closets. That is another reason why they overreact to their daughters pregnacies.

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