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Originally posted by mom of three
i'm so sad for you that you feel this way, adoption is such a wonderful blessing for so many children. A loving and secure home is so much better than just gentics.....
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I think you are replying to the very first message of this thread, but the point I am trying to make is that more should be done today to help birthmothers provide that "loving and secure home" to preserve natural families. I don't think single mothers should be pressured into relinquishing their children simply because a prequalified couple with enough money to pay adoption fees wants a baby. More should be done to assist the birthmother.
At some point adoption went from being a safety net, to becoming a comodity. Safe havens should be a place where mother and child can go to get organized, councilled, and get assistance; not a place where a child can be legally and untracably dumped. The type of parent who dumps their baby in a dumpster is going to do it regardless of a law that says they can do so 'legally' at a firestation. I believe there is psychological element in parents who abandon in such a manner that no Safe Haven law currently addresses nor does it deter that parent from repeating their behavior over and over.
Best Regards,
Ray Buffer