Articles Book III - Pg 300-560 (Birthparents) - triadoption

On 'The puiclful clluic
'~clo~jtio~t on ullrrt~ali\.e ,
lfavlng rcad ihc Aprll LO Clahc a!\-
ele "The pninlut choice lor otmrtlon, I
' am amnrcd to Ilnd how many pfup1c
,till do not bcllcvc sdoptlon 10 hc on
alternative to abortion.
~ o lhnt d womnn who gave birth to
. "unwPntcJ" twins put lhcm up for
rdnpllon, It would no1 have "screwed
.up her 1lfc," she would have not only
rcllcvcd hcrsclf of thc responslhllltY of
ralslng two more children bul nls0 Put
them into an cnvlronmt!nt where they
would be wanted nnd lnvcd.
ALLAN P. BALL
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Atlol~tiorr 6tlegs~~tli~~g'
rn rcplj lo Mr. Allon Dall's cn'nlcn-
' tlon tho1 adopllon is s rensunnblc alternptlvc
to abortion (Lcttcr,.April 2.1): 1
do not presume to pass jurlgnlclll ull the
rlghtncss or wrorlgncns 01 ahortion. Dul
this much L know: glving Up o chlld lor
odoptlon is thc most dcgroding,
dchumnnizing, groluilously pnlnlul ex-
.pcrlcncc n womnn is cver llkcly lo 1.4~~.
At the lowcst point in hcr lllc. nI R,
momcnt whcn blic I3 complctcly vulncrnblc,
n u.uman ir cx(r1'cId lu hnnrl 0vr.r
' hrr child to ntrnnpcrs. nnd, llrvcr n~nin
to see or hcnr of 111nt child..
The glib consolntior~: crllvr~*d 11). thc
' soclnl work prnlerrlofl;~lr itrl: rirnlIly
unlruc. Timc docs not lrsrrlt Ilir mill:
It only lcssetls thc 1rl.qucne). of lilc
altseks. Olltcr clllldrcn drr 1101 rcl11:lre
llic 108t child: thvy only na:~kr Illc lor: a
Illtlc lcrs inlolcral)lu
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