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Marnie

(844 posts)
5. Lets just keep in mind that not all babies who the parent or parent does not want
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 04:31 PM
Jan 2012

are being accepted by adaptation agencies.

Most states have safe haven laws allowing the parent to leave the child at a police station, fire station or hospital, but it cannot be done anonymously.

I suspect that can cause problems in parental notification states when the parent is a minor.
The baby then becomes a ward of the government and not necessarily an adoption agency.

There is also the reality that by and large perfect, white babies are the ones most likely to be adopted.

And of course the mother has to deal with the costs, emotions, health risks of a full term pregnancy and how that effects her schooling, employment, and relations with family friends etc..

People like Santorum never think about who pays for the prenatal care or for complication during pregnancy or deliver.

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