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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Abortion, another view.
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Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 16:55:39 EDT
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David Heppner writes:
	                The Myth of the "Unwanted Child"

	One of the most frequently  heard  excuses  of  the  "pro-choice"
	groups  is, "it would be unfair to bring another 'unwanted child'
	into the world." Actually, there is no such thing.  Once  a  baby
	is born it will never be unwanted because of the extreme shortage
	of newborn babies available for adoption. It is obviously not the
	child's  happiness  and  well-being  that  is  of  utmost concern
	here...but that of the parents.

I am afraid I have some news for you, Dave. There are LOTS of unwanted
children. If you ever travel in Central America and mention that you are from
Canada or the United States, there will be *literally hundreds* of mothers
who will want to give or sell their children to you. Some of these will be
motivated by "wanting the best for the child" but a lot are not. In addition,
in Honduras, San Salvador, Guatemala and poorer parts of Mexico, (presumably
in other countries where I have never been as well) infanticide is COMMON.

One of the best things I ever did was to help fix cleft lips and cleft palates
among children in Central America. You get to meet children whose mother has
kept them in a closet since they were born because they are ashamed of their
cleft lip. You meet a child who would have had a twin sister, except that the
midwife told the mother that there was a "good" twin and a "bad" twin, and
that after you had identified the "bad" twin (full of evil spirits) you
should kill it.

But, let us forget about the rest of the world for a bit. I have some
more bad news for you. There are other unwanted children, even in your
own town. They are the TEEN AGE CHILDREN who were adopted while babies by
foster parents who now regret the decision. Surprised? So was I. On the
other hand, in the Toronto area is a group of parents (about 200 parents)
in all who feel that they have been had.

they adopted a child and the child didnt turn out. They are the parents
of adopted kids whose children are up to their necks in trouble with
the law. Some are murderers. Some are drug-dealers. Some are guilty of
robbery. Some are dead. The current consensus of every psychologist who
has viewed the situations of all the Toronto parents is that it was the
ADOPTION ITSELF which produced the bad children. The parents may have
contributed to the children's dilinquency, but any adopted child is at
a very high risk to be immoral, or rather amoral.

I can post the current theories on why adopted children do not turn out.
It would be a very long message, so unless people are interested, I will
stop here. I honestly only know one person who has adopted a child and
does not regret the decision 18 years later. I honestly know more than
20 people who regret it, including my parents.

If we are going to get a huge number of adopted kids because we ban all
non-theraputic abortions then we are going to have to learn how to raise
them. It seems to be an entirely different problem from one of raising 
kids in general. And I dont know anyone who has the answers.

Laura Creighton
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