Comments by "freedom dove" (@freedomdove) on "Liberty Hangout"
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19:30 mark: Yes, I do actually know how much of a mental strain it is to carry a baby for 9 months and then hand him/her over to a responsible and stable couple afterwards, through a private adoption via an adoption attorney. I did it myself after my mom talked me out of aborting my first biological child. It was the hardest thing I've ever done but I feel much better for it than if I had aborted that baby. He went to a loving infertile couple who had already adopted one child and wanted to expand their family.
In an ideal world, I would have been able to raise him myself with family support. As it was, the father turned out to be a druggie with a rather psychotic family, and I didn't want to subject that baby to him and his kinfolk. We both agreed to the adoption and we both signed off on it. This kind of thing doesn't have to go through the government, which is definitely a sketchy situation. I did get WIC benefits while pregnant, however, because I was low-income. I also had some medical insurance through my job, which paid for the majority of my pregnancy and delivery. The adoptive parents paid whatever balance was left, and it went directly to the physicians/hospital. I was able to choose them out of a large pool of expectant parents, and I met with them several times during my pregnancy.
Adoption may not be the ideal choice for a conservative, but it's a way to at least give that baby life if you think you can't provide for them or feel like their life would be adversely affected by them staying with you.
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