by anonymousnlovinit

Created on: July 04, 2007

This is one of those subjects that there are endless reasons that people will argue each side, and trust me there are many of them...

But as far as I am concerned, the only option is adoption...Corny way to put it, I know, but if you think about it, it's true. Take if from someone who is adopted. I was 3 years old when I was taken away from my drug addicted, alcoholic, thief parents, and I was adopted when I was 8 by a wonderful family. My mother was told after my sister's (both of whom she could not take care of) that she would never have anymore kids...Well, she got pregnant (having only one phelopian tube) with twins, lost one, and out popped me. Lucky for me, she thought that my twin was the only baby she was carrying, otherwise, if it were her choice, I wouldn't be here. And it wasn't for lack of trying. I spent a month in the hospital going through detox when I was born.

My adoptive parents would be the first to tell you that there are always good people out there looking to care for a child. They adopted four children, and then had one of their own, and they fostered alot of kids. But people want the easy way out, they make a mistake, and instead of owning up to it, they run away. It's not the answer. You were lucky enough to be the one to get pregnant, and if you can't handle it, let someone else be lucky enough to raise the child and give that child a chance at life. Who are you to decide whether or not someone lives or dies? How would you feel if you knew that you were a mistake and were nearly terminated?

People make mistakes, that I understand, because I am not perfect. But there are other people out there who are willing to make that mistake, not go away, but have a chance to live. I don't know how women can live with themselves knowing that they ended a potential life, and never even gave someone the chance to have a dream come true.

It's funny, but I have always said, that its the people who shouldn't be parents that get pregnant, and the people who should who can't...And that doesn't go for everybody obviously, but it goes for a lot of people. Take my biological parents for example, my mother had one felopian tube and pancreatitis, and she had 3 children. But she couldn't take care of any of us, and was dead by the time I was 7.
My sisters and I were all adopted, and we turned out great...Give your kid the same chance.

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