It happens here quite frequently. Probably due to so many religious people thinking they can't get an abortion. My cousin has a gorgeous little boy thanks to private adoption. And, I personally know a few other people that did private adoptions.MrJonno wrote:Do those still happen?, I thought it died out in the 60's?. Very few babies are adopted at least in the UK as few women want to get go through a pregnancy and then give up their babies. It only happened in the past due to poor availability of abortion/shame in pregnancy generally with the aid of religious adoption agencies which no longer exist at least in the UK.Prearranged adoptions are much chancier, as often the biological mother may change her mind at the last minute, sometimes several times.
Anyway I don't care who has an abortion, the worst that can happen is the person having it my have emotional problems afterwards, who has a baby affects me personally.
It's why I've never understood this right to choice/right to life arguments, as a reasonably civilised person I pay taxes to look after kids who really should be looked after by their parents but I would rather not have to and anything that reduces the numbers of future criminals/unemployed in a humane manner is good by me.
And if all you're worried about is the effects on society, isn't a woman with emotional problems going to cost some money in doctor bills? And depending on how bad she is, unemployment, possibly disability, and maybe even in rare cases she could snap and start hurting others or kidnapping someone else's baby to replace her own. Oh, but that has no affect on you, so it's ok.
