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[quote=Anonymous]Folks on here need quite a bit of education on adoption.  75% of domestic adoptions are done through private placement, and it is easily possible to provide independent legal representation to the biological mother to ensure not only an ethical, but legally enforceable process in all states.  If you're concerned about costs of international adoption, or agency adoptions domestically, then domestic private placement is the way to go, and the most common.  Most mothers who give up their child for adoption do so not b/c they didn't have the $10k or $20k that it costs to adopt -- they also do so b/c they are young, don't have family support, have other goals besides motherhood, or face other situations that make parenthood difficult (I'm thinking of a friend who adopted from someone in an abusive situation).

So, adoption is not per se unethical.  Mothers who choose the adoption route can be provided resources to make an informed decision that is best for them.

And more to the point of OP's post -- I do have friends that adopted before going through infertility treatments.  Having a family was the most important thing to them.  Having learned a bit about the process, I can see why.  It offers more control than the infertility process, and a lot more certainty about bringing a child home than do infertility treatments.  [/quote]

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