[ej-momtobe]

Some people speculate that many women were getting pregnant on purpose, because they get paid to relinquish (even though that is illegal). If that was broadly the case than part of the problem should solve itself, and there would be less because these women would stop doing that.

Some people speculate that many women were talked into relinquishing (possibly influenced by $), and they were not initially seeking out this option. In those cases I guess the bmom would raise the child, perhaps in grave poverty, as she would have if she had never met the 'buscadora'.

But I' sure there are a lot of cases where the bmom is looking for an alternative to raising her child because she is just not able to do it. Will they find a relative that is willing to help out? Will the kids be forced onto the street at an early age to fend for themselves? Will the kids die an early death because there are no viable options to raise them in a healthy environment? Will the Guat government step up to helping (unlikely)? Will aid organizations be able to help? (maybe some). I was in El Salvador a few years after they shut down for IA, and the number of small children roaming the streets of San Salvador, begging, eating out of trash cans, and up to no good was astounding. I can't help but think that GC will look like that in a few years. Very sad.