Both abortion and adoption advocates agree that Barrett's claims that expecting mothers should place their unwanted child for adoption are not realistic.
As abortion rights continue to be debated around the country, Barrett said in early December that women with unwanted pregnancies with no access to abortions do not necessarily have to be forced to raise the child. Instead, she argued, the mother could give birth to the child and then place the child up for adoption. However, both abortion and adoption activists say that it is not that simple.
Abortion activists agree with the notion that expecting mothers to give up unwanted children for adoption is unrealistic. However, they argue that eliminating the choice for women to get abortions and making adoption the only way to handle unwanted pregnancies infringes on their individual freedom of choice.
The U.S. government tracks how many children are adopted out of foster care and from foreign countries, but there are no official, comprehensive figures on private adoptions of infants. Nonetheless, it's clear that only a small fraction of women carry unwanted pregnancies to term and then place the baby for adoption.
Hanlon says there's a huge gap between the number of U.S. infants available for adoption and the hundreds of thousands of Americans – single adults and couples – who want to adopt.Some women who opted for abortion in response to an unintended pregnancy say the decision was difficult – yet they're also grateful they had a choice. Among them is Lee, who says she received a"back-alley" abortion in Mexico after a teenage pregnancy.
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