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Originally Posted by busterleroy
I have never understood why the pro-abortion crowd is so anti-adoption. Never considered competition as a motive...interesting.
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I don't understand where you got this impression. I've yet to meet someone who's pro-choice and anti-adoption.
I don't want to hijack this thread to turn it into an abortion debate, but I must say that ascribing callous motives to people with no basis in fact isn't a good way to go about finding common ground.
Most of the people in both the pro-choice and pro-life camps have one goal in common that should override all other concerns - a reduction in the number of abortions. If everyone focused on that commonality instead of calling each other names and casting accusations of bad faith, we might make some progress.
In reply to the original post, I didn't read the whole article, but looking at the responses, many seem to be nearly as one-sided as the article was. The issues she raises do exist. I don't believe they're as prevalent as described, but denying the problem doesn't make it go away, nor does taking offense when someone discusses it, nor does shooting the messenger.
While I understand that people may (and rightfully so) chafe at the notion that they're off buying up babies in foreign lands, responding with hostility only hurts your own credibility by making it look like she hit a little too close to home. I know many of you may just be venting some frustration to a like-minded audience, but away from these friendly confines it's important to keep a cool head and refute her points with real evidence.