Plenty of people want to adopt
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Editor,
I am writing in response to a letter written in last week’s Journal titled “Pro-Life, or pro-death?” After reading the letter, I was saddened to my deepest core. After seven years of trying to conceive and praying for a baby, my husband and I, by the grace of God, are finally pregnant. Because of my age and the years we spent trying to conceive, my doctor performed an ultrasound at six weeks to check on our baby. Even before the moment that we saw her heartbeat, our little girl was a “life” to us — a life with a hope and a future created by God with a purpose and a plan. I believe each child is created with a purpose and that each life is not an accident but a miracle.
Experts estimate that there are between 1 and 2 million couples waiting to adopt a child and that only 4 percent of women who find themselves in the midst of an unwanted pregnancy give their child up for adoption. There are approximately 30 to 40 waiting couples for every one infant born. There are waiting lists of couples who are wanting to adopt children with special needs and serious medical conditions. There is absolutely not one child in this country who could be labeled as “unwanted” when there are special people like these waiting to adopt them.
I pray that through education, love, and support for women who find themselves in these situations, we can turn these numbers around and bless children as well as waiting parents. I suppose that I could be labeled “pro-life,” but I consider myself more of a person passionate about truth, particularly when there are other options available and hurting couples waiting to adopt. Unless you have experienced it, it is impossible to understand the pain of infertility, but to know that a child has died needlessly when a waiting couple would adopt them only compounds the pain. I mean no disrespect to the author of last week’s letter but felt compelled to share another side of the issue.
Adam and Michelle Wood
Ronan
