How can this be?

OK, there's a whole blogging group of infertile women here, mostly putting their bodies, minds, and husbands through hell with drugs, all in the hopes that they one day might conceive a child.

I can't even begin to speculate how much money, time and heartache they've invested in the thought that one day they might have their own little child running around... (well I can, because I spent some time there myself)....

Then there is Angelina Jolie & Madonna going overseas to buy "adoptable" babies, when clearly there are so many of them here just dying for a good home, and someone to love them.

Looking at this, do you think it's fair that these children should now just hang out in a group home, because the chances of being able to be placed locally with foster families (who are open to adoption & increasing their family and not their bank accounts) is probably slim...

How do women like this get away with having children in the first place? Having the nerve to let the children YOU gave birth to, live alone in that filth, is beyond me. .

Why don't more infertile couples know about their states foster care programs? Is there some kind of stigma of taking a child that's been born to some drug addicted crack whore here in DC, (or some woman who simply cannot parent the child herself for whatever reason) as opposed to some abandoned baby in an orphanage in Ethiopia or Guatemala?

Isn't it better to help the kids who are here, and desperately want a better live for themselves, not to mention saving yourself about $25K or more, into the bargain?

Starbucks thinks you need statements like the one below with your coffee:

Starbucks cup #208 "I wish couples who desperately take every means to conceive a child would realize that adoption is a wonderful alternative. A child who becomes your child through adoption completes a family. Just as when you commit to your spouse or partner there are no biological ties, yet a family was formed. This child enters a family the same way! It is not blood and flesh that form a family, but the heart.-- Michele Johnson Starbucks customer from Amego, Kansas."

Now the only thing I wish is that it was more inclusive of all people - whether you can conceive on your own or not, adopting a child LOCALLY FROM THE UNITED STATES FOSTER CARE STATEWIDE PROGRAMS makes more sense!!