Adoption Decision Quotes

Adoption should be an empowering option for young women in crisis, knowing that the people around them - family, friends, church - will respect their choice.

I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids.

I'd like to adopt an older child, maybe 5 years old.

Diablo Cody wasn't writing a script about a 16-year girl that got an abortion. She was writing a script about a 16-year old girl that got pregnant, decided to have the baby and give it to a young yuppy uptight couple for adoption. That's what the movie is about.

I'd adopt. And I think that if I'm really supposed to have kids, it will happen, if that's God's plan for me.

I always thought I'd adopt - I have a dog but no children.

There's a clock ticking on the pregnancy thing, but not a clock ticking on adoption.

I think I always knew that I wanted to adopt. It never meant that I didn't want to have my own children - I always felt that if I were in the right circumstances then I would totally have my own children.

I have said to myself that if I don't find the right person, I think I would probably adopt on my own, because I think I would be a great dad.

Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two people who were not ready to be parents. I admire them for giving her the chance for a better life. And I am grateful they gave my husband and me the opportunity to be parents.

If I have kids, I'll adopt.

I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a time to start all over again or is this a time to realise those child-rearing years are over?

My first son Tony was born when I was only eighteen. I was a still a kid; I wasn't ready to be a dad, so he was put up for adoption and went off to live with a family that could care for him.

I always thought I would adopt. Even when I was young, I used to look up how to adopt.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

I don't want to have another baby, but my little sister is adopted, and I was hoping that one day I could do that...There are so many possibilities.

There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by their own grandparents... If that weren't enough, the siblings are now to be adopted by two complete strangers against the wishes of the grandparents... And as if that weren't enough, the two strangers are a gay couple, who have been selected ahead of several heterosexual couples.

Adoption was something that was always under my skin, that I knew would be a part of my life, and, when I decided to start filing, it was very clear. It was like I knew that this was exactly what it needed to be. So then you go through the process, and it's tough. It's not the easiest process - and then again, I've never liked things too easy in life. But it emotionally knocks you out.

We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind.