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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think those of you that are anti all adoption are hateful and its sad.
Should adoption be less expensive? certainly. Are there people out there who make money off it? yes.
We could certainly do more to get more children out of foster care and into permanent loving homes.

And adoption is not only for rich people. If you adopt from foster care I think its free or they even pay you a stipend. Private adoption costs more but is not unreachable.
Our HHI is $110, not wealthy but not poor either. Our total costs for a domestic infant adoption were just over $22,000. The feds give you $10,000 of that back. So that leaves $12,000, Thats less than most people spend on a car. You can always get a loan and pay it off.

No one that I know that adopted thinks they did it to do a great thing, or expects kudos for doing it. We all did it because its the way we wanted a family.
Our DD's birth mother was 22, had 2 kids already, and got pregnant accidentally.  She did not want a 3rd kid. No help from an outside source would have made her want to want a 3rd kid.
Adoption is open so that when/if DD wants to meet her when she is older she can do so.[/quote]

Do you think more should be done for women who lack resources to have children but find themselves pregnant? This is not about being anti-adoption, but rather wishing that adoption were an absolute last resort, not an option because of a lack of governmental/social support for pregnant, vulnerable women.[/quote]

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