Her argument is interesting. I don't agree with the whole premise, because I believe adoption is a noble act, but some of her ideas raise questions when put into perspective of valuing a human life. I have often wondered about the psychological effect of an "unnatural childbirth" upon the child. Does a child who knows that he/she was born in a "test tube", via a surrogate mother, using a sperm donor, or some other means beside natural conception by male-female copulation have any problems with this?
I recently read some article about some advancement in science whereby a male could possibly carry a child to term. I ask myself: "Do I want to be that child?" I can't imagine the kinds of psychological damage that could happen to one of the first children born that way. I heard an interesting statement recently - and let me first say, no offense is intended, Ray, this is purely a philosophical question - that adopting Asian children is the "trendy" thing to do. I wonder about that myself - why go to Asia? Are there no children here in the US that need adopting? Is it because Asian children are smarter than other children? Why an Asian child as opposed to say, African-American? I'm under the impression (meaning I think it is true but don't know the fact) that there is a large number of African American children in the US that could stand to be adopted. Ok, I'm done. Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:07 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Adoption (and other means) are cheating Just reading your headline, I agreed. Adoption is cheating. The woman gets to skip the bloating, the nausia and the pain, and the man gets to skip pretending he cares. =) Jerry Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177068 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
