Should Sperm Donation Be More Like Adoption?

by Anna North

One of the things I like to do is say, ‘Let's treat it like adoption if it's just like adoption, where there are home screenings and people being told you're not fit to be a parent in this way. About a study funded by the Institute for American Values (IAV), which apparently showed that kids conceived through donor sperm are more likely to "struggle with serious, negative outcomes such as delinquency, substance abuse, and depression,"... One of the reasons why people do donor conception instead of adoption is it's much more private. When we're talking about sperm donation, I have real concerns about anybody using it. If a married heterosexual couple came to me and said, ‘We're thinking about this,' I'd say I'm opposed. Says Elizabeth Marquardt , study coauthor and VP of family studies at IAV,. But definitely, the single-mom-by-choice offspring, based on our data, are hurting the most....

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For those who are very anit-adoption? If someone asks a question about, for example, adoption choices or fees

Oct 01, 2007 by Snickette | Posted in Adoption

Why do you answer it only to tell them that they are wrong/unethical to even consider adoption, and then tell them your views on why adoption (of infants) is wrong?
I understand this is a public forum, and every view is entitled to be expressed,

A: I do think it's silly to answer a question with an answer that is irrelevant to the question asked.

I think sometimes it's more relevant to the person answering that the person asking the question can see. I can see both sides. For example

APs - Does anything you've learned here make you regret choices you made regarding your adoption?

Apr 07, 2008 by wholelottacats | Posted in Adoption

Reading the stories of first moms and adult adoptees, is there anything you wish you had done differently, or wish you had known when you were in the process of adopting?

I'm assuming you are joyful to have your child in your life, and

A: Wholelottacats,

Thanks for the question. I've been actually tossing this idea around in my head lately. To a point, i regret not doing foster care. My husband wants to wait until we have the parental experience of raising teens before

I wanted to know choices did u get at the abortion clinic if you are pro choice?

Feb 22, 2010 by Storge07 | Posted in Religion & Spirituality

I just want to know what choices did you get. Were you ever offered a sonogram at the clinic? At the abortion clinic, did they offer you adoption choices or ask you if you had any religious affiliation so they can give you literature to know for their

A: My wife and I did make that choice in our life. We were required to get a sonogram, shown the picture, told of the other choices - birth, adoption, and lastly abortion. This was at Planned Parenthood in Texas.

It was actually the "Pregnant?