(January 10, 2017 at 12:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(January 10, 2017 at 12:40 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: People put "normal" babies up for adoption all of the time. Why should a special needs baby adoption be seen in any different light?
Well because someone could make the argument of "Oh, so you would have kept this baby if he/she was healthy, but since there is a problem you don't want him anymore??"
An understandable argument. But one that doesn't take into account the emotional/mental difficulties that come with caring for a child who has a serious life long illness. Some people are strong enough to handle these difficulties with grace. Others would have an incredibly hard time.
There can be issues other than health that can cause mental/emotional difficulties that could prompt an adoption/abortion. Age of the parents, sex of the child, mixed race/culture, religion, ......... Gonna make the "should have kept this baby" argument in these other potential scenarios? For some people probably. But then, they are not in the parents shoes.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
