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Why do people assume a link between lower adoption rates and increased abortion rates?
Australia has very low infant adoption rates, less than 200/year but our abortion rate is no higher than anywhere else, neither is there a startling discrepancy in the number of child abuse rates reported annually. There is absolutely no evidence to support the theory that reducing the number of newborn adoptions and encouraging women to parent their babies leads to an increase in the number of abortions or in the number of parents abusing their children, yet we see it repeatedly claimed on here that it does......could someone explain this to me please, preferably with proof that supports your argument.
@Takeah: Lol.....sorry, but where I come from fact is fact and easily verifyable. Here adoption is a very difficult option to access, unlike raising your kids yourself which is actually the easy and readily available option. We have welfare and health services that make parenting an easy option. Here women are actively discouraged from relinquishing. There is NO pre birth matching, all adoptions are done through our foster care system and you cant even begin the process of relinquishment until your baby is 6 weeks of age, I dont need a "research study" to confirm these FACTS, they are part of the laws of the country in which I live. I also dont need a "research study" to prove that child abuse is no more prevalent here per capita than in the US.....in fact, all I need to do is look at the data freely available through the Department of Community Services, all the data is available through the freedom of information act.............................
The claim that abortions are mo
The claim that abortions are more prevalent when adoption isnt an easy option is a false one. When it comes to killing an unborn foetus, most women have a moral and ethical decision to make, statistically only a relatively small percentage of women will make that choice. Again, no research study is needed to confirm this, having a low adoption rate has not automatically lowered the standard of morals in Australia it is simply a fact that those women who normally wouldnt choose an abortion here automatically choose to parent because they are given the financial assistance necessary to do so.
It amazes me that the US, which frequently takes the stance of "policing" the rest of the world, which apparently has no trouble coming up with billions of dollars to finance war efforts in other countries, refuses to provide the finacial and physical support necessary to assist people in raising their own children. That healthcare isnt freely and easily available to all that need it is actually, in my eyes, pretty sad. As an Australian tax payer, I dont find my contributions to medicare, our public healthcare system, to be wasted when it is spent on assisting families to stay together, I see it as a good use of my money.
It amazes me that the US, which frequently takes the stance of "policing" the rest of the world, which apparently has no trouble coming up with billions of dollars to finance war efforts in other countries, refuses to provide the finacial and physical support necessary to assist people in raising their own children. That healthcare isnt freely and easily available to all that need it is actually, in my eyes, pretty sad. As an Australian tax payer, I dont find my contributions to medicare, our public healthcare system, to be wasted when it is spent on assisting families to stay together, I see it as a good use of my money.
It amazes me that the US, which frequently takes the stance of "policing" the rest of the world, which apparently has no trouble coming up with billions of dollars to finance war efforts in other countries, refuses to provide the finacial and physical support necessary to assist people in raising their own children. That healthcare isnt freely and easily available to all that need it is actually, in my eyes, pretty sad. As an Australian tax payer, I dont find my contributions to medicare, our public healthcare system, to be wasted when it is spent on assisting families to stay together, I see it as a good use of my money.
@Takeah: If the shoe fits, wear it. We have average abortion rates and very low adoption rates, most parents here actually choose to parent. The US has the opposite situation happening. This is documented fact and needs no "study" to prove it. Dont like it? Tough. For years on this site I have seen people extolling the virtues of adoption, slamming abortion and raving on about what they want their tax dollars spent on.........I find it quite sad that family preservation is a long way down the list of importance. It is past time the US government was asked to explain its failure to care for parts of the US population.
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- Iggy rocksLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
we are educated quite young about safe sex in Australia.
Its an open topic and we are smarter about the reality of people having sex than other...ignorant countries.
A certain country likes to push their religious beliefs down the throats of young people and by doing this they forget to educate their young on safe sex and end up with teen pregnancy WAY too often...leading to more adoptions more abortions and more teen pregnancy.
- frockneyLv 710 years ago
Because they are brain-washed by religion and the adoption industry.
There is absolutely no link between abortion rates and adoption. There are two types of young (and older) girls or women with an unplanned pregnancy
-those for whom this is really an accident and who will immediately rush to have an abortion, as they have a good grip on their lives. Or they change their mind and keep the child and parent it.
-those who are so untogether that they do not use contraception, they may not notice the pregnancy at once or may not have the ability or the chance to have an abortion. They have the child and are exploited by social workers without scrupples.
The most important thing for a teenage girl is a supporting family so that they will not go and look for love elsewhere and good sex education that includes emotional education and all the lore about contraception.
- Jennifer LLv 710 years ago
In Australia, you may be right. I honestly don't know what Australia's history of abortion rights has been.
In the US, however, as CP pointed out, there is evidence to suggest that there was a significant decline in adoptions after abortion was legalized. That was a good study she referenced. However, that was almost 40 years ago and the current trend in the US suggests that most unplanned pregnancies end with the mother choosing to parent.
- TakeahLv 610 years ago
It's not either/or. I think you're comparing apples to oranges and leaving the pineapples out:
If a woman is pregnant and doesn't want to parent a child, they'll do one of three things: abort, choose adoption... or change her mind later and parent anyway. The fact is that if people chose to abort there WOULD be less children born to people who do not want to parent their children.
So, then it boiles down to, who changes their mind and parents- and who doesn't. Perhaps more people change their mind and parent, instead or going the adoption route in Australia.
Anyway, what are your sources? Was there a study and who ran the study?
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I don't know if your're here to bash Americans, argue, or stir the pot. I've given you my answer. Rambling on about you not needing to provide your sources means nothing to me. I didn't ask for a source on abuse anyway, I asked for a source with regards to your question about abortion and adoption.
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- CleopatraLv 510 years ago
You always ask important questions.
It might have something to do with adoption practices in general as "adoption" seems to function as a market system - supply / demand - more specifically, the economic components of "buying" a baby. These ideas contribute to notions as you point out. In light of this, adoption is partly about ownership and entitlement - privileges for those who can afford.
For example, when it becomes a serious issue about food shortage in the west - people will bring environmental issues into play, as it happens else where.
Money is the key component here in unpacking your question.
- CPLv 410 years ago
It would be helpful if you included links to the comments that make these "Repeated claims."
Also, there is plenty of research out there (In the US) to show that being, young, single, under/uneducated and poor are definite risk factors for child abuse.
People's knee-jerk reaction is to say that these children should be put up for adoption, when in reality the reaction should be to offer support to these parents.
There is also this study that shows a direct correlation between the availability of abortions and the decline of adoptions, prior to and just after Roe v. Wade.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3402502.pd...
So,while this may not be how it is in AU there are plenty of studies to indicate risk factors towards child abuse and correlations between abortions and adoptions here in the US.
- ?Lv 710 years ago
I agree with you as it is similar to the UK. As a tangent thought if abortion was made illegal I don't think it would increase adoption rates and would just go back to the bad old days when women risked their lives having abortions.
