Adoption is not an alternative to abortion.

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162. Wow you make a lot of assumptions

that adoption would solve all those problems.

Unready for responsibility of baby could also mean unready for responsibility of pregnancy.

To young or immature could mean too young to handle a pregnancy well or take the social fall out of pregnancy

Problems in relationship is a big reason for abortion and you can't just place a baby for adoption if the father doens't want you to, and you might be tied in a problematic or abusive realtionship forever. It's hard for women to have a baby with someone who has been abusive. If they leave the realtionship, then the abusive father gets visitation with the child alone, but if the don't want that they're trapped in the relationship.

All the children they want/children grown - I've just had a baby at 40 within the past few years and it isn't as easy as when you're younger. Adoption doesn't solve that problem. I had a horrible pregnancy and birth with complications after birth that were pretty serious.

Can't afford baby now - might not be able to afford to miss work due to pregnancy symptoms and birth, might not be able to handle changes to job to accommodate pregnancy.

It is a big deal physically and socially to go through a pregnancy and birth. It isn't something that just happens or has no consequence if you place the baby for adoption afterward.