Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Cristocapitalismo

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4654720.html
March 23, 2007, 12:39PM
Patrick's adoption incentive is baby selling, some say
By JANET ELLIOTT
AUSTIN - Houston state Sen. Dan Patrick wants the state to pay $500 to women
who give their babies up for adoption instead of aborting them, an idea some
say borders on baby selling.
"We want that lady to have an incentive that makes her stop and think about
having an abortion and that gives her a reason to put her baby up for
adoption," said Patrick, a radio broadcaster who champions conservative
causes such as abortion and tightening the border.
The Republican lawmaker's Senate Bill 1567 was referred to the Senate Health
and Human Services Committee on Wednesday. No committee hearing has been
scheduled for the bill, which has yet to draw any co-sponsors.
"My goal is to save as many babies as we possibly can," said Patrick, who
also has a bill to trigger an abortion ban in Texas should the U.S. Supreme
Court ever reverse its landmark 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, legalizing
abortion.
Critics say his bill doesn't recognize the complex issues involved in a
woman's decision to place her baby for adoption and comes dangerously close
to baby selling.
One anti-abortion group - while supporting the goal of encouraging adoption
over abortion - expressed caution.
"We just need to make sure there isn't even the perception of baby buying
going on," said Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life.
An organization that supports a woman's right to choose said Patrick's bill
is terrible.
"It's the stuff nightmares are made of," said Fran Hagerty of the Women's
Health and Family Planning Association of Texas. "This is insulting to women
and also insulting to all the great charitable organizations out there that
do wonderful work finding adoptive parents and taking care of the birth
mother."
It is a crime in Texas to offer to give a thing of value to another for
acquiring a child for purposes of adoption. Exceptions are made for
necessary pregnancy-related expense that benefit the mother.
Patrick said the payments would not be akin to baby selling.
"We're just giving someone an incentive to put your baby up for adoption,"
he said. "Then the baby goes through the normal adoptive process. No one is
coming in here and buying a baby."
Another group that advocates reproductive freedom said the emphasis should
be on preventing unplanned pregnancies by providing women with birth-control
options.
"If Sen. Dan Patrick wants to improve women's health care options, then he
should support the Prevention First Act, which includes common sense ways to
reduce the need for abortion," said Carol Drennan, interim executive
director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, in a prepared statement.
The head of a national adoption-policy group said a recent study on birth
mothers who gave up their children found that many experienced lifelong
guilt over their decision.
Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption
Institute, said good adoption practice means presenting all options on a
level playing field.
"You let women respectfully make the best decision they can at an
excruciatingly difficult time. Introducing money into the mix can be
coercive," Pertman said.
If the bill reduced the 77,374 abortions performed in Texas in 2005 by 5
percent, more than 3,000 babies' lives would be saved, Patrick said.

[OT]  visto 300? Che ne pensi?
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 ps. ti ho citato sull'ultimo post del mio blog
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 [OT]  visto 300? Che ne pensi?
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