Bravo, Deda. Both for speaking up and for speaking up for the surplus babies that end up on the taxpayer dime without a fraction of the love they deserve. Everytime someone whines about the number of people who desperately want kids in this country, I just point them to the nearest orphanage full of not-blonde not-blue-eyed not-newborn kids, and the long waiting list for even a temporary foster home. They aren't very desperate if they reject so many children because they aren't perfect. God forbid you have a mulatto adopted child, but you'll import one from Romania.

Or they will undergo $40,000 worth of fertility treatments instead of adopting a baby that isn't of their blood -- as if it matters after the first time a child falls asleep on your chest . I noticed no one thought to respond to my query about why in vitro fertilization is acceptable killing of embryos.

And I STILL don't understand why my HMO will pay for up to $20,000 worth of fertility treatments and $1,000 for a vasectomy, but won't pay for birth control pills/devices/fittings or $1500 for a tubal ligation.