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Trish -

I don't think ANYONE her would ever call coercion a good thing. I didn't coerce my sons' birthmom and based on the questions, comments *I* got at the hospital would bet she didn't get any coercion there. The city they were born has a population of 2.5 million there are 10 non-family adoptions a year.

As far as money there is a big difference between "Limited" income and "no" income. It doesn't take a fortune to be able to raise kids, but the ability to feed and properly clothe them (as in for the weather, not the "runway") is very important. The *help* the government could offer my sons' birthmom would not have kept them in formula - much less diapers.

And as far as labeling adoption as barbaric - the real crux of the quote was that adoptive parents are barbaric. I wonder how my sons' Birthmom, who I have a ton of respect for, would feel to know that someone things the parents SHE chose to raise her kids are barbarians.