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Somebody at the UN needs a reality check Warpy Jun 2012 #1
Hear, hear, Warpy! Couldn't have said it better myself! Moonwalk Jun 2012 #2
Succinct! n/t Sans__Culottes Jun 2012 #16
EXACTLY - lots of states have enacted "Safe Haven" laws, which allows mothers of bullwinkle428 Jun 2012 #22
No shit! I think most kids, if they were able to make the choice, would give up the "right" to be MADem Jun 2012 #23
Wouldn't surprise me if Politicalboi Jun 2012 #3
The UN is just so stupid sometimes (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #4
complaining about a pretty decent bandage, one that does save lives Kali Jun 2012 #5
Being that it is Europe, don't they already have that? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #11
the countries mentioned in the OP Kali Jun 2012 #13
It's illegal in almost all circumstances in Poland muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #14
My husband was in a German home for children. Parents who can't take care of them are put southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #6
that's a lot of funeral drama. Sharing DNA with someone doesn't mean you'll get along Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #9
Man if you had been there you would of looked for a hole to hide in. We were so embrassed. Right southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #10
You poor dear! Glad you survived that mess! nt MADem Jun 2012 #24
Thank you. Gosh that was so many years ago. I guess it really had an impact on me. LOL southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #28
Is the RW in Europe making birth control hard to come by?? WTF??? kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #7
About six months ago... Xithras Jun 2012 #8
"known and cared for by his or her parents" -- but 10% of the "fathers" aren't! FarCenter Jun 2012 #12
A partial solution Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #15
How do you make someone monitor an email address for 18 years or more muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #17
A third party would have name Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #18
Isn't this like a normal adoption process? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #20
It is? Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #21
I agree--not feasible. The "receiving agencies" know where and when each child was received. MADem Jun 2012 #25
Great in theory. Will never work in practice. lapislzi Jun 2012 #26
Dear UN: WolverineDG Jun 2012 #19
Exactly. If you've ever taken care of an abandoned newborn, Butterbean Jun 2012 #27
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