Do you think giving a child up for adoption might be viewed as an irresponsible thing to do (or less responsible than keeping it and raising it,) if abortion had never existed? Discuss.
My three cents, because i have more to give.eric_the_reddApril 4 2008, 03:16:11 UTC
Well I guess we need to look at this in general terms. Take any item that a person doesn't want- like a leftover candy wrapper. It's in better taste to keep it in your pocket rather than just leave it on the ground.
That's right, I basically said it. Putting a child up for adoption is the same as littering.
I wonder if women who had given several children up for adoption might be (or currently are?) referred to the way I hear women who have had more than one abortion are ("repeat offenders" or "whores that need keep their legs closed"). And if so, is there anything said of the men that played a part?
That was going to be something I was going to say - at what point is it a reasonable, logical, responsible thing, and when it is really a warning sign that the person needs to actually take more responsibilty when having sex? It's a little easier to use a condom or go on the pill or get an IUD that it is to bring a baby to term in a responsible, healthy way! "Just giving the baby away" isn't really an easy way out, so counting on doing that if you happen to get pregnant isn't responsible, in my opinion.
That said, if the kid is really not going to have a good life with the mother, then yes, it's still a good choice.
And hehe, I guess the next question would be how, precisely, do we define what's responsible? Do we currently define responsibility as doing the thing the vast majority of people in your country would ask you to do, or doing the thing you'd prefer to do least as long as that thing is keeping it? Would the most responsible thing to do be to tie your child to yourself and refuse to live a minute of your life without it, literally? Is it ever possible for a person to choose not to raise their child (either by not birthing to begin with or giving up for adoption,) and for that to be just as responsible if not more responsible than raising it?
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That's right, I basically said it. Putting a child up for adoption is the same as littering.
Oh look, I did say it!
The Anti-choice movement can eat my shit.
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That said, if the kid is really not going to have a good life with the mother, then yes, it's still a good choice.
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