Comic for 5/7/12

[d murphy]

Here's the thread for today's comic. I realize there's a lot to digest for a monday.

[qrayze]

I've yet to examine how unrealistic it is to expect every child put up for adoption finds a good home

Exactly. I'm not convinced that private agencies screen applicants as well as the state does. My sister was forced to give her baby up for adoption when she was a teen, and it was arranged by the pastor of the church we went to. I'm speculating, but I'm pretty sure it went something like, "Oh, they're IFB? they must be a good family; we'll put the kid with them!" (not wanting to open a can of worms here, but the dude didn't even do background checks on his own employees, several of whom ended up being convicted child molesters)

Also, one part where the adoption dabate fails is that the mother still has to be pregnant for 9 months. I guess for some really fit, healthy women, a 9-month pregnancy might be no big deal. She might be able to work right up 'till the due date and be back at work a few days later, no problem!

But that's not how it is for everybody! Well, not for me, anyway. Those last three months were hell; I could barely move.

Currently, I'm working a physically demanding job. If I got pregnant, there is no, "Well, just give the baby up for adoption". In order to do that, I'd have to quit my job that I love and hopefully find one behind a desk somewhere.

As far as the worth of a woman? I believe in most cases, a woman decides her own self worth, EXCEPT, in those situations where she is in a patriarchial religion. She doesn't get to chose then. The pastor does. And by what I've personally experienced having been in a religion like that, a woman is worth only as much as she is submissive and obedient to the will of her husband, her pastor, and god.

To me, the worth of a person can't be measured. To do so would mean that some people are worthy of more kindness than others or more worthy of social rights than others and on and on.

I don't know, if you really wanted to put a semi-tangible amount, then I'd say each person is worth the highest amount concievable.