[RavenSong]

This is a really poor piece of journalism, IMHO. And it also shows the importance of using accurate terminology in the world of adoption. Not one of these expectant mothers were birth mothers.

The thing that really jumped out at me was the statement, "Legally, a birth mother has 48 hours after the birth of the baby to decide whether to give up the child." This statement is just plain wrong. A woman who has just given birth does not have to decide within 48 hours whether she's going to place the baby for adoption or not. I would assume the 48-hour period following birth is the time period that must elapse before a mother is even allowed to sign the consent forms...unless Texas has suddenly enacted some draconian laws. It doesn't mean that she has to sign those forms during the first 48 hours or else forget placing at all.

Women who have contemplated placing their infants for adoption and then change their minds are NOT scammers. That 75-percent figure makes it sound like that's what they're doing. Women who are not pregnant and who tell an adoption agency they are in order to get money are the scammers...and should be charged with fraud at the very least. They certainly are not "birth mothers".