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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Just How Long is That Waiting List?
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 09:48:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 09:48:30 1985
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> *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH A BABY ***
> 
> A favorite argument used by anti-abortion forces is that
> if a woman does not want her baby, she can always carry it
> to term and give it up for adoption with one of those
> thousands of couples that want a child.
> 
> Assuming that abortion was banned tomorrow, and all unwanted
> babies were adopted, how long would it be before there would
> be more babies than couples to adopt them (a reversal of the
> current situation)?  It couldn't be too long; a million "extra"
> children per year is an awful lot; an estimate of the size of
> the waiting list is about 750,000.  There is an obvious
> disparity in numbers here!  What would happen after the demand
> for adoptable babies was reduced?
> 
> Ann-Muir
A million extra children, sounds sad when you put it that way.  A million
children each year that will not be alowed to live.