Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6905051-20131203105732/@comment-4839682-20140520232740

I'm just gonna give two scenarios to exemplify my point:

I live in Ohio. It would cost me, currently, about $300 to deliver a baby right now, assuming I paid the bill. That's for the actual hospital stay at delivery. All my prenatal and postnatal care are covered by my insurance. I could get myself pregnant in about a month, and would have said baby around February. At a bare minimum, I would need to have sex once and go to the hospital to deliver.

Now, if I wanted to adopt a child here in Ohio, I have to first complete pre-adoption trainging and a homestudy (background checks, etc) and pass that, which can cost as much as $3000. (http://adoptionphotolistingohio.org/adoption_process.php) I must then find a suitable child, with the aid of a social worker. Next come a series of visits with that child. Then, if everyone is in agreement, I can take that child home. After six months, I can petition to adopt that child. I have to go to court to have said child adopted. This entire process would take at least a year. None of these are things I have to do to pop a kid out of my body.