Uncle Tom’s idea to make adoption easier and cheaper is a great way to give pregnant women another option. There are many kind of adoption, private, international, domestic, open adoption, thru a gov’t agency, from foster care, etc.
The adoption option already exists, of course, but right now the costs are pretty high - $5 – 40,000. Not encouraging for the wanna be parents. Also, there should be good counseling for the woman so she will 1) want to carry the baby to term (if she didn’t get an early abortion or doesn’t want one) and 2) be willing to give it up after birth. More money required either from the gov’t, an agency, or the adoptive parents.
It seems that there are lots of couples that want a child and are willing, but all the ones I know that adopted were definitely upper middle class and spend considerable sums to do it. It seems to be less expensive to become a foster parent and then adopt someone you have been a foster parent to. But that’s a long process, too. Not to mention going overseas to adopt – that just shows how hard it must be here if you have to leave the country to find a child.
So, streamline the process, reduce the costs, provide affordable counseling for all parties, and hopefully more kids will get into good homes quicker, and more pregnancies will result in adoptions rather than abortions.
Excellent, Tom. Any way we can encourage that through our efforts?
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