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I think a more common issue is prioritizing birth families over adoptive families, despite whether the birth family offers a healthy environment for raising the child.

Children should be prioritized, NOT adults.

Is this a common issue? Or is it your perception, your point of view as someone who would like to adopt more kids? I'd like to see how you can show that it's a common issue.

From my perspective, prioritizing the birth family IS prioritizing the child, because I believe the child is better off with his family (absent issues of abuse or neglect), and families should be supported in efforts to keep their wanted children.
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Out of curiosity---do you think there should be limits to society (i.e., taxpayers) "prioritizing birth families"?  How many unplanned pregnancies should society pick up the tab for?  2, 3, 7?  [/quote]

I don't even know where to start with this question. I don't agree with your assumptions.

You are saying: "Society will end up paying for the children resulting from unplanned pregnancies, whose mothers decide to raise them." You are assuming all mothers with unplanned pregnancies are on government assistance, or will be, and that's not true.

Underneath that, you're saying: "Poor people don't deserve to keep their own children, because it costs society, and I would like to control who gets to have those children." This is an immoral stance, in my view. Keep going down that path, you've dehumanized other humans because you believe you are superior.

This is the consequence of the division of people into "we/they," where "WE" are good and deserving of children, and "THEY" are poor, possible leeches on society who should give those kids up to us.

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