Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk
Is it really an issue that people might want to adopt children that they think will have a good chance as bieng passed off as their own? A white couple with a coloured kid. Do you have to explain to everyone (as well as the kid's friends) blow by blow how they were adopted, and no the wife didn't run off and have an affair. What if the child doesn't want everone to know that his/her real parents didn't want them?
I agree, if you want to adopt a baby there's a good chance you'd want one you can at least pass off as your own at first glance. That way it's not a constant reminder to parents and child that it is not really theirs.

Quote Originally Posted by AntiochusIII
Eh, not mine. I think I have transcended for believing honestly that all I care about in life is to live. Gods and hells be damned. They'll never have me if I'm staying here on Earth.
How old are you ? I know many people who HATED kids when they were teenagers/early twentiers and then suddenly changed their mind and said 'they wouldn't mind' and a little later 'they want' children. I know people that have had such a fase in their 30s too.

Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk
Abortions are there as people are selfish. So we "punish" them by forcing them to have a child? The number of problems that it would store for the future is legion.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still pro-choice (1st trimester anyway), I don't intend to force anyone to do anything. I was merely wondering WHY adoption is seen as so much worse than abortion by the individual, especially knowing how controversial abortion tends to be. It seemed odd to me that adoption appears even more controversial.