Next week CBS News will be running an expose on an adoption scam that, according to their ad (here, if you're so inclined: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360577n&tag=mncol;lst;1), is taking advantage of "couples desperate for a child." This ad goes beyond your typical over-sensationalizing news hype for pieces that don't blow the lid off of anything; it's insulting.
Adoption is not an act of desperation. It is not a means of last resort. With the glut of fertility options available today, the ability to have a biological child is more a factor of how far you're willing to go to have one than on your ability to. Adoption is a choice, a decision just like any other. Certainly, other factors can play a part in that decision, but that choice should never be considered the last desperate gasp of the pathetic and childless. And those who choose to adopt should not be classified that way in order to sell ad space during the nightly news.
Mild rant now over.
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