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Q for ‘Pro-Lifers’: How many kids have you ADOPTED from the skyrocketing foster care rolls?

Those who want to interfere with a woman’s right to choose IMO need to be reminded every time they mouth off of the probable consequences of forcing a woman to bring an unwanted child into the world. There were more than 400,000 children in the foster care system in September 2010 (see the link below). This was more than triple the number for 2004, the very first year of a survey of children in foster care. Statistics from the National Survey of Children in Foster Care are the shame of the nation.

Abortion may be horrible, but IMO MUCH MUCH WORSE is the torture of unwanted children in foster care, waiting often in vain for someone to give them a permanent home. Have you seen the Denzel Washington film ‘Antwone Fisher’? According to the statistics below, almost 10 percent of the children who exited foster care in 2010 were like Antwone Fisher 18 years or older, and 25 percent were 16 or older. Just imagine their self-loathing after an entire childhood without having anyone willing to give them a permanent home. This is the angry population most likely to commit violent crimes and wind up in prison for long sentences.

Every chance I get, I’m going to ask someone wearing a ‘Pro Life” tee shirt, “How many children have you adopted from the skyrocketing foster care rolls?”


From http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/afcars/tar/report18.htm

“AFCARS Report - Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011

How many children exited foster care during FY 2010? 254,114

What were the ages of the children who exited care during FY 2010?
Mean Age 9.6
Median Age 8.8
Less than 1 Year 5% 11,561
1 Year 7% 18,934
2 Years 8% 19,774
3 Years 7% 17,449
4 Years 6% 14,740
5 Years 5% 13,190
6 Years 5% 11,774
7 Years 4% 10,865
8 Years 4% 10,297
9 Years 4% 9,466
10 Years 3% 8,705
11 Years 3% 8,345
12 Years 3% 8,123
13 Years 3% 8,367
14 Years 4% 9,463
15 Years 5% 11,574
16 Years 6% 14,205
17 Years 9% 22,823
18 Years 7% 18,030
19 Years 1% 3,791
20 Years 1% 2,162”