gay adoption is pro-life--it would help with abortion

[skjpm]

I think that making it easier for gay couples to adopt would help make abortion more rare. I think that more women in difficult circumstances could be persuaded to carry their child to term if they knew it was going to be raised by a loving couple. I think that many gay couples are eager to raise families, and because of their own experience as outsiders, are willing to love that children that society considers unwanted. I'm saying this as a Christian who believes that the solution to abortion is building a "pro-life" society which wants and nurtures every person.

[oldcoot]

1. Not if you want to punish people for their "sinful behavior"

I think that your idea is a good one. Unfortunately, I do not believe that many pro-lifers are truly interested in saving lives. I think that they are more interested in punishing the mother for her "sinful behavior." I have heard them say repeatedly that the "mother must take responsibility for her actions." This statement and the fact that so many of them oppose providing affordable contraception to those women who want it and truly effective sex education in the schools.

[Chipper Chat]

2. Pro-lifers could give a rat's ass what happens to babies

after they are out of the womb. They just want them born.

[shrike]

3. I recently met a man whose gay son adopted two siblings

He and his partner are white, their children are African-American. They adopted the little girl first, then the child's birth mother phoned and said she was pregnant again: did they want the new baby? (Obviously she needs a lesson about birth control.) It's nice that they will grow up together and learn about their bio-families later, since the adoption is open.

Grandpa seemed a little uncomfortable telling me about his (gay) son, then relaxed when I reacted positively. I imagine the family gets a lot of crap, about the color of the children and the sexuality of their daddies.

[Djinn]

4. doubt it would make any difference to abortion rates

there's already a huge waiting list for adoptive children, it doesn't stop people wanting an abortion. That's not to say gay folks shouldn't be able to adopt just wont change abortion stats

[OneBlueSky]

5. gay couples (and singles) often take in children no one else wants . . .

I've known several gay men (and know of many others) who have fostered or adopted kids that straight couples would take . . . babies with AIDS, troubled teens, kids with cerebral palsy, etc. . . without the love and caring of these "sinful" gays, these kids would be stuck in institutions somewhere . . .

some years back, in fact, I myself fostered several troubled teens who had been passed from institution to institution and who would have ended up either in jail or dead if I (or someone like me) hadn't come along . . . this was in Massachusetts, and my being gay didn't matter . . . I'm still in touch with a couple of them; both have families, jobs, and their own homes and are doing extremely well . . .