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Wow, I am surprised at the responses here. Maybe there should just be more abortions in China, so these baby girls wouldn't be adopted by the selfish Feminazis of the US.

You're a bit dense, I think. The BEST thing would be for China to become a democratic republic and for them to raise their own kids. As this is not likely to happen, it's fine that Americans are adopting these girls. While being adopted by a single woman in the US is certainly better than being aborted, it's not anywhere close to the optimal situation for the child. Using your logic, it would be ok for a Chinese child to be placed into an abusive household because "it's better than being aborted." Well, perhaps, but it's still putting an innocent child into a bad scene.

I reckon that a lot, if not most, of these "single women" are actually lesbians looking to raise little Chinese "lesbiettes." If that's the case, I consider this practice child abuse.

There are plenty of American couples of the man/woman variety (remember them?) who would love to adopt but lack the financial ability to do so. I recommend that they be put to the front of the line and subsidized before I would even consider allowing these "single women" to adopt.

There are plenty of American couples of the man/woman variety (remember them?) who would love to adopt but lack the financial ability to do so. I recommend that they be put to the front of the line and subsidized before I would even consider allowing these "single women" to adopt.

Am I reading this wrong, or are you coming down in favor of government subsidies for foreign adoptions by married couples while at the same time proposing banning single women from adopting foreign kids?

I reckon that a lot, if not most, of these "single women" are actually lesbians looking to raise little Chinese "lesbiettes." If that's the case, I consider this practice child abuse.

It's hard to believe how unkind some of you are. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

You're a bit dense, I think.

You missed my point. Early on and throughout this thread, the derogatory remarks regarding this issue leaned towards these women being selfish, losers because they can't find husbands, etc. I have MANY single non-lesbian female friends who never quite found Mr. Right but would have loved to have children. And they'd be GREAT moms. Good support networks, good incomes, TONS of love to share. And maybe Chinese women carrying baby girls wouldn't be so quick to abort if they knew there was a loving home for these babies to go to.

I find it curious that some of the folks on this board immediately want to turn this into a BAD thing, when it is a BEAUTIFUL thing when we get down to it.