What do you think about adoption being included in the planned parenthood conversation as an alternative to either parenthood or abortion?
What do you think about adoption being included in the planned parenthood conversation as an alternative to either parenthood or abortion?
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It should be included as it is often a good option available for women who don’t want an abortion but also can’t keep or won’t keep the baby.
I think every single risk of pregnancy should be clearly and repeatedly given upfront, given how many people don’t have that education. Stuff like the possible dental issues, pelvic floor issues, and changes in brain chemistry should be fully understood by the pregnant person during the course of this conversation, not to mention that a few types of genetically related cancers are impacted by whether you have children or not.
I don’t think anyone would or should complain about all the pregnant person’s options being clearly made available to them if they express any desire to not keep the pregnancy — but it’s another one of those “It’s not what you say, its how you say it” situations. I think a lot of people want pregnant people to be coerced or intimidated out of termination, and I feel like someone who’s in a place where they feel termination is necessary is more than likely going through enough without the added guilt projected onto them by certain others.
I think being educated on all possible options including the risks of each should be mandatory for everyone. People need to be well informed about everything before making a likely life changing decision regardless of what they pick
Do you mean in the conversation between a woman and her doctor at planned parenthood? In that case – No. I don’t think doctors are there to be moral guides. They are there to give medical advice. I think if a woman deciding to keep / adopt/ abort should be a conversation between her & her partner/ family/ priest or whomever she takes that type of guidance from.
Adoption is an alternative between parenthood or abortion, but not an alternative between pregnancy and abortion. So it should be included in the conversation, but only as an alternative to raising the kid, not as an alternative to carrying the fetus