Reporter MARTIN BASHIR interviewed abortionist William Harrison (now deceased) on Nightline. He asked the abortionist if he ever mentioned adoption to women coming in for abortions:
MARTIN BASHIR: (Off-camera) Do you ever mention in your counseling the possibility of adoption as an alternative?
DOCTOR WILLIAM HARRISON: No. Not unless the patient asks me. You know, it’s easy to say adoption is a better option but…
MARTIN BASHIR: (Off-camera) You don’t even mention it?
DOCTOR WILLIAM HARRISON: Pardon?
MARTIN BASHIR: (Off-camera) You don’t even mention it?
DOCTOR WILLIAM HARRISON: Not unless the patient asks me, no. I’ve had one patient who gave up two babies for adoption. She committed suicide the year before last. And my patients who have given up babies for adoption and then had abortions, tell me that the most difficult thing that they’ve ever done is to give up a baby for adoption. It’s not like giving away a puppy.
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It would seem that Dr. Harrison probably does what he can to discourage women from putting their babies up for adoption. While it is true that adoption can be a very hard thing for a woman to go through, today there are many options for women. they can have open adoption where they are still a part of the child’s life, which is often easier for a birth mother than cutting all ties. Also, it should be remembered that when a woman has an abortion, her risk of suicide is six to seven times greater (if she is a teen, she is actually ten times more likely to commit suicide) When a woman gives a baby up for adoption, her child goes to loving home and she is spared the guilt and grief of knowing she participated in the death of her own child.
And, of course, it is far better for the baby.
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