All about abortion.

I make a bold prediction there, I'm sure. It's funny how each side on this matter gets their panties so wound into a knot they start to suffer from oxygen depletion.

To me, abortion is one of those things I don't care too much about. I think there are far more pressing issues in this world than squabbling over the definition of when life is in fact life (either before birth, or long after "death"

Whether you take the side of firebrandrunner or walkon or whispertales or lifeissues doesn't matter to me.

What annoys me is when people throw around the word "adoption" like it is going to solve EVERYTHING.

In fact, I think adoption to most people is a nice little answer wrapped up in a box that they never have to really address because a) they were never adopted b) they never had foster children and c) they never adopted children themselves.

Since I have direct experience in all but C, I would appreciate if "adoption" wasn't casually thrown around.

For instance, most adopted children do terribly in their homes. Most end up as foster children, bouncing around from one shady family to another. When I was 6, 8, and 13, my parents brought foster kids into the home. Each time ended pretty disasterously because the kids were simply too old and had been through too much (sexual abuse is quite common in foster families, believe it or not).

25 years ago (when I was born), it was easy to bring children into your home that were 14-18 months old. Not any longer. Those children end up in the care of the state. You want to go adopt or have a foster kid? Be prepared to welcome children anywhere from 7-16 into your homes.

Furthermore, bringing MORE children into the world, and just chalking it up to "Oh well, they'll get adopted now" is a TERRIBLE line of reasoning. Sure, lets tax a broken system more because you want to play GOD with these children's lives (no different than an abortion, I contend) and tell them they must live to be brought up in miserable conditions because you said so (while you go about your life never adopting nor taking in foster children).

Please.

I was adopted. I was lucky. I don't know any other people who were adopted (aside from my brothers). Why do you suppose this is? My guess is that the people that I associate myself with, who happen to be successful, intelligent, holding down good jobs, etc - all had stable family lives, something that MOST adopted children never get.

So quit throwing around adoption like it's an easy answer. If you asked me if I had a choice of being alive and miserable, or dead before I had to go through any of it....well, the answer is clear.