Speaking of abortion...............................

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by David Newman

Adoption laws vary by state. When we adopted Liberty, we had sign off from the mother and father when the process started 5 months before Lib was born. If they changed their mind, they would have had to take legal action to do so, they certainly didn't have an option just to reclaim the child without a lot of effort and after the adoption was finalized 6 months later, they had no legal recourse. Some states aren't quite as progressive as Michigan. We were lucky enough to have adopted through the lawyer who worked to get most of the laws put in place in MI.

Maybe it was that crazy Canuck you had as Governor.

[David Newman]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Maybe it was that crazy Canuck you had as Governor.

Not a huge fan of her or her predecessor or his predecessor or his...

The adoption laws changed in MI in the early 90s here.

I think there is currently a good mix of rights for birth parents and adoptive parents here, at least for private adoptions. They get to choose the parents their child will live with, the adoptive parents get an awful lot of control over who they want to adopt and as I mentioned, the chances of something really horrifying happening to the adoptive parents are pretty slim.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I tire of middle age white men debating the morality of what a woman can do with her body. I think that if men could get pregnant, they may have a different view of this issue.

Also, WTF is the party of small government doing arguing that such decisions should be made in Washington?

If it's what a woman can do with her own body, someone should tell the government - 18 years of child support payments have to be good for some say.

And the decision shouldn't be made in Washington. Abortion aside, Roe vs Wade is the worst kind of judicial legislating. This is 'reserved to the States, or the people'.

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Some of my coworkers have me wondering if we should abort fetuses well into their fifties......................

LMAO!

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

And the decision shouldn't be made in Washington. Abortion aside, Roe vs Wade is the worst kind of judicial legislating. This is 'reserved to the States, or the people'.

This sounds like a pro-choice position, Pete.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by finnbow

This sounds like a pro-choice position, Pete.

personally I enjoy never knowing the law when I cross state lines.

Keeps ya guessing.