[vbigelow]

When I began participating in theses online discussions about adoption, I believed that I could speak my mind without fear of attack. Not so.
Two days ago, I received an unsolicited email from a troll who verbally assaulted me with profanity for opinions I have posted here and on other adoption sites. I tried to reason with her, but she was unrelenting.
This woman was a teen mother to a now-grown child with ASD and mild CP. She parented this child and looks back at the struggle to do so with great resentment. Sadly, she is now an adoptive mother to a baby girl whose birthmother she speaks of in the most disrespectful terms. She is also advertising hoping to attract women in crisis pregnancy on the Internet. She'd like to adopt again.
In the meantime, she is trolling adoption blogs and sites looking for posts by those who believe adoption should be a last resort and for those who post stating young mothers should be offered the resources to parent. If you such a person or if you are a young woman in crisis pregnancy who is thinking of parenting, you are fair game for this evil person.
I am happy to provide this woman's name, IP and email addresses so you can block her. PM me if you are interested. It's sure no fun to start your morning with an attack.