marketing babies

Today I came across a website advertising “situations” as they called them of women who are due in the next few months and these babies will be available for adoption. They even include the price of the adoption! I am struck by how children have become a commodity to advertise and “sell.” Children are not possessions. We are given the responsibility of their care but they are not ours to market. For a moment my heart thinks “oh wouldn’t it be nice if we were with this agency and then could be matched with one of these baby’s really soon.” But I very quickly move back to being appalled at this practice and a system that would allow it. People…we need to stop thinking only about the adoptive family and getting them a child, but also consider what’s best for the child and expectant mother. I would rather wait for an ethical adoption situation versus getting a baby quick in this way.