We're thinking of adoption, but I've been having thoughts about the idea of "selecting" what baby to adopt. How different is that from Gattaca where people could decide what color eyes and what skills they want their babies to have. All undesired embryos in the film were disposed before the parents had the option of deciding on a boy, girl, blue eyes, or brown eyes. Gattica is a story about an Undesired, Borrowed Ladder, etc.
For adoption, we can decide what racial preference, what gender, whether they have drugs or alcohol in their system vs. most likely being clean, etc. There is a high prevalence of "drug babies" in our city; in fact the city orphanage is so overfilled so that babies are now being kept in hospitals, yet there is a 2 year waiting list through private agencies for caucasian babies. I ended up asking myself, "would I have preferred those babies to have been aborted instead?" Morally-speaking, no...but emotionally-speaking? But I still think it's a bit unfair how people who are so hooked on drugs and irresponsible are able to conceive, and do conceive (why didn't they just get their productive equipment permanently disabled?), while there are so many good couples who are unable to conceive and are hoping to adopt. Am I wrong for thinking this?
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There's also a lot of people who will make good parents who can have kids, and there's also a lot of people who would make bad parents and can't have kids. There's every type. Nonetheless, maybe it's a good thing that some good parents can't conceive, so that they will adopt some of the unwanted children who probably would have been better off adopted.
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Scott Hughes
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I agree, though there's still the dilemma that I face emotionally: which child should I select given all the adoptable children out there? Do I accept the first one that is brought to my attention?
That's so difficult to decide. I want all children to have a home, but I have to also decide which would fit best in our home.
Thanks for posting!
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