A good point from Kuaimao
Kuaimao, who I met a couple years ago at the ACSS conference, made a good point about about my previous post “Cheaper condoms shouldn’t be puzzling.”
I understand that people overseas want to adopt Chinese babies, but it sounds like there are less orphans because conditions have gotten better for Chinese women (availability of birth control) and for Chinese people in general (who now have the economic ability to adopt children). This seems like something to celebrate, not bemoan.
I think people sometimes forget that if a child “becomes available” it’s usually because of a tragedy. A woman has a child that she, for whatever reason, loses. Less tragedy is always better, even if it means that some white prospective parents have to wait longer to adopt a baby.