The issue of abortion (which is what this discussion is about) is a moral issue of right or wrong, the authors point is to speak to women who want to murder their children by pointing out adopted children can and do "thrive", because many use the cop-out argument that babies should not be born into poverty etc. And the question about "what if it is a woman" I was referring the the "women's rights" crowd and asking them then why are they advocating killing female children ? Don't those females have rights ?