Adoption Day: adoption instead of abortion

Fortunately, there was some attention in the news, or the day of adoption would go unnoticed. After all, there are already so many 'days of', but I find this one quite special. I have always thought about adoption with special feelings, and it is worth reflecting on every year.

This time, I want to particularly highlight adoption as an option for those who might not think of being on the giving side, especially if you are in a situation where you are considering abortion. I cannot put myself in the place of someone who has to consider an abortion, and I still comfort myself with the thought that abortion is not an easy choice for any young mother, at least I hope so.

I understand that there are numerous situations in which you consider an abortion. Personally, I think there are two broad categories distinguishable in the reasons for choosing abortion: medical reasons or because the child is unwanted – this latter category probably has hundreds, if not thousands, of subcategories. My appeal today goes out to young mothers who find themselves in this latter situation.

Whatever the subcategory may be, however justified your potential choice for abortion, remember for a moment that you might be making a legitimate choice in your situation, but your unborn child does not get this choice. If you know that a human being inherently fights for their life, who will then fight for your child's life if you think there is no other choice?

Because I want to talk about that for a moment. Have you already thought that there is another choice? Namely, the choice to give your child a better life – life is, outside the previously mentioned medical category, always better than not living – in another family?

If you know that there are so many families where a child is welcome but where, after many attempts and money, one has to ascertain in vain that it will not come naturally, is it not a noble thought to at least consider adoption as an option? If you have the choice not to destroy God's noblest creation and at the same time make others, including your unborn baby, happy, is it not a choice you can make?

Is this an easy choice? No, it certainly isn't, but as I said, I assume that abortion is also not an easy choice. But I do advocate that whatever the reason, ranging from extreme reasons such as rape to equating abortion with late-term birth control, you make a choice between life and death.

So many families want a child. The waiting lists are enormous. There even exists a whole black market because the desire for children is so great among these families that they literally go to any lengths for it. Is a place where a child is so desired not a better choice than abortion?

With a big compliment today for all those families who have adopted children, I want to take a moment to reflect on this today. It may not be a pleasant message and it will receive a lot of criticism, but that doesn't bother me. If ever someone reads this and therefore gives a child life, then it will have been worth all the criticism. But the real appreciation should not be for me because I wrote this, but for the mother who made the right choice, for she showed true courage.