Tony Corsentinoone of the fun (derogatory) aspects of talking about #adoption honestly & critically is that you get a sense that people have a hard time accepting the idea that a thing *they could never imagine doing*—surrendering & irrevocably losing one’s child for life—is *in general* a deeply unpopular act.
we should START our discussion of adoption with the premise “almost nobody would choose to relinquish their own child, all things equal,” and then go on to investigate why they are not equal and what can be done about it.
but we don’t. It’s fringe. Liberals won’t touch it, because liberals adopt.
when was the last time you heard a nationally known politician say “we need to make adoption unnecessary”?
Never. But you HAVE heard national Dems, including HRC and Barack Obama, say “we need more adoptions.”