Mother-to-be Overwhelmed by Adoption Offers

Laredo, TX, Morning Times ^ | 12-19-03 | Taylor, Erinn

[Theodore R.]

Mother-to-be overwhelmed by adoption offers

BY ERINN TAYLOR Times staff writer

Erika Castro, the young woman who is hoping for a better life for one of her children, was overwhelmed Thursday by the amount of interest her story received.

Castro, a mother of two young children, is expecting her third child in approximately three months. Her hope is to place the newborn up for adoption, as she lacks the financial ability to raise another child. Young and scared, Castro said she was not sure of her options.

"I really didn't think that people would care," Castro said Thursday afternoon.

"I am very surprised," she added.

As of 5 p.m. Thursday, the newsroom of the Laredo Morning Times had received almost 50 calls and 12 emails in relation to Castro's story.

Many of the men and women who called were interested in adopting her child. Others still said they would be unable to adopt the child but would be able to help Castro with food, clothing and other items young children need, such as blankets and toys.

Many callers shared very personal information, such as the amount of time they had been waiting to adopt a child and marital status.

Some of the individuals shared experiences of previous adoptions, and many of the calls received by the Laredo Morning Times were made by concerned family members on behalf of brothers, sisters, daughters and other relatives who are unable to have biological children of their own.

Castro was amazed when she received the first list of calls Thursday afternoon.

She said she wishes to thank everyone who called, and will be looking over the list and making a decision on her next step very soon.

"I don't know what to do. I never expected this," she said, her eyes somewhat misty.

She said she most likely would first try to make contact with an adoption lawyer who was on the list of calls, however, would like a few days to review all the names she received.

(Times staff writer Erinn Taylor can be reached at 728-2565 or by email at erinn@lmtonline.com.)

12/19/03

[r9etb]

Well, I think the child should be given to a pair of homosexual men so that they can be made complete. < /sarcasm>

[jtminton]

This story needs to be handed out to every single pregnant woman who is about to walk into a Planned Parenthood.

[2banana]

Kinda debunks the planned parenthood excuse of why bring another unwanted baby into this world...

[Cicero]

This is one of the secrets that has been very successfully kept by the abortion lobby and their supporters in the media. There are a ton of families out there who want to adapt children, and very few children ready for adoption.

Planned Parenthood doesn't want people to know about this, and the media are only to happy to help keep people in the dark.

[Snuffington]

This is the sort of story the media always seems to forget whenever a "clever" leftist, like Michael Moore or Al Franken (remember, clever was in quotes), mocks pro-life conservatives by challenging whether they'd be willing to adopt all those babies being aborted. The answer is supposed to be some sort of ashamed and mumbled "no." But, as this story dramatically illustrates, there is some pretty solid evidence that the answer is a strong "yes!"

[MudPuppy]

not only are loving families ready and willing to adopt but other good people are willing to help support the mother & child(ren) should she CHOOSE to keep the baby.

[expatpat]

Yes, indeed -- infants especially. It's much harder to get older children adopted, but this should be publicized at all abortion clinics (sure it will).

[najida]

What was the numbers I heard the other day?

50 thousand babies for adoption and 5 million couples wanting to adopt.

Less than 8 years ago, when my husband I wanted to adopt, we were told up front that there would be years of waiting...(unless you had lots of money, then you could do 'private-buy-a-baby' adoption)

The alternatives presented were:
a. Overseas adoption (unfrigginbelievably expensive)
b. Foster care as the quickest way to get a child.

Then I read about the monster-idiots who have children and abuse them. Some days, I just wonder.

[chiefqc]

Better be careful, you are messing with their murder for money profits.

[org.whodat]

Castro, a mother of two young children, is expecting her third child in approximately three months.

Has the dumb B____ figured out where they are coming from yet?

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Castro, a mother of two young children, is expecting her third child in approximately three months.

Yikes....most people wait a year or so between kids.

[KantianBurke]

ease off. She could have aborted but chose life. While initially foolish she deserves plaudits for that decision.

[cyborg]

This chick is a sleaze bag if this is the same Erika Castro. She's a baby seller.

http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:GAPfTLWCQasJ:www.lmtonline.com/news/archive/111503/pagea3.pdf+erika+castro+baby&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[mlmr]

Less than 8 years ago, when my husband I wanted to adopt, we were told up front that there would be years of waiting...(unless you had lots of money, then you could do 'private-buy-a-baby' adoption)

Nonsense. I have adopted four healthy US newborns and never waited more than 9 months. This is adoption industry propaganda. Overseas adoptions make agencies more money and for many agencies are less expensive than local babies.

[Rubber_Duckie_27]

That gives me hope that we will be able to adopt someday. We want plenty of kids of our own but also would like to adopt at least one. Domestic infant adoption is always presented as taking a long time and costing tens of thousands of dollars. It's nice to hear that that's not always the scenario.

[mlmr]

No, last time we adopted was six years ago and we had to choose from six or eight different babies. There are plenty of healthy American babies available and sometimes there is a glut.

[najida]

I am grateful that you were able to adopt 4 healthy babies.

I just know that everywhere we turned, we were told that it would be years of waiting or a private adoption costing $$$$. And that was via Lutheran Ministries, the local DFCAS and the 2 dozen adoption agencies we contacted (Some just took the money and never got back to us). Even the lawyer we talked to told us that there were not enough babies and too many people ahead of us in line. I am not making this up.

I honestly don't know what the difference is.

[mlmr]

I honestly don't know what the difference is.

There is a shortage of white babies but not black or biracial babies. You can find healthy middle class black and biracial babies easily.