“I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding.” LooksIdeasWantedMotherClearHonestColorBabyBeing HonestHidingAdoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“When we [adoption agency] have a birth mother who is pregnant and she doesn't know the race of the father, she is using drugs, and she is in crisis, usually we cannot place that baby with a heterosexual family. Almost all of the times when we have a drug-addicted child, we place the baby in a homosexual family.” KnowsChildrenMotherFatherRaceBabyBirthDrugCrisisAgencyPregnantAdoptionHomosexualBirth Mother Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“There are a lot of very fine upstanding gays who are good citizens and all that. I am not making a decision for individual people. But when it comes to a societal policy, I think there are not enough babies for adoption to go around. I think a preference should be given to families with a mother and father who have a lifetime commitment.” PeopleThinkingShouldEnoughMotherFatherIndividualGivenDecisionPolicyBabyFineCitizensGayCommitmentLifetimeAdoptionPreferenceMother And FatherGood CitizenLifetime Commitment Author:Phyllis Schlafly
“Diablo Cody wasn't writing a script about a 16-year girl that got an abortion. She was writing a script about a 16-year old girl that got pregnant, decided to have the baby and give it to a young yuppy uptight couple for adoption. That's what the movie is about.” GivingWritingYearsYoungGirlBabyCoupleDecidedScriptsAbortionPregnantAdoptionUptight Author:Ellen Page
“Because adoption meets the needs of children so successfully, and because there have long been waiting lists of couples hoping to adopt babies and children, it would seem that the solution for abused or neglected kids was obvious. But not to the do-gooders. To remove a child from an abusive parent, sever the parent's parental rights, and permit the child to be adopted by a couple who would give the child a loving home began to seem too 'judgmental.'” NeedsGivingChildrenLongHomeSeemsKidsWaitingParentRightsBabyCoupleSolutionsObviousListsRemovePermitAdoptionAdoptedNeglectedJudgmentalParentalAbusiveLoving HomeParental Rights Book:Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us Source: Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us
“My sister gained 80 pounds expecting her baby. Well, you get nervous, waiting for those adoption papers to clear.” WellsWaitingClearBabyPaperNervousPoundsMy SisterExpectingAdoptionPapers Author:Emo Philips
“I have a question. Do you guys think it's OK to drink while you're pregnant if you're planning on giving the baby up for adoption?” IfsThinkingGivingGuyBabyDrinkPlanningPregnantAdoption Author:Chelsea Handler
“In Calcutta alone, we have given more than 1,000 children in adoption. I cannot calculate how many babies we get a year. But we never refuse anybody. Everybody is most welcome.” YearsChildrenGivenBabyRefuseWelcomeAdoptionCalcutta Author:Mother Teresa