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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm adopted. I'm thankful my birth mother gave me life. I know it was difficult for her. She did later take her own life after we had made contact, but before we were to meet. Has also been difficult for my birth father who I have made contact with. He never knew about me and feels he has missed out on so much. While the experience has had it roller coaster of emotions, I'm okay. I had young parents who were not ready to raise me, and adoptive parents who were eager to have and raise a child. I'm thankful for all of them. [/quote]

I am also grateful for the life I've had. However, your story, and my story,  and others still  underwrite  the need to fully understand the systemic issues.  Even though we are OK, there were clearly those in our stories who were not- your birth mother and absolutely your birth father, who never had an option to be your father. Society needs to help the parents who, in someone's opinion  "were not ready." What we can't  do is decide that  other people can  be the child's parents because  of some societal  determination without helping the parents first keep their own child. That is what the discussion is about. We can't  turn this into a child  selling industry. And I'm saying this as an adoptee who  loved her adopted parents, grateful for my life,with no mental health issues.[/quote]

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