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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE: Rosie O'Donnell Says Her 17-Year-Old Daughter, Chelsea, FOUND. [View all]StevieM
(10,578 posts)And just because you can coerce or trick a woman into signing something, that doesn't mean that she gave her child up. A lot of birth parents never intended to give their children up, and that certainly includes the REAL mother of Rosie's stolen child.
If a woman has a drug problem that cannot be fixed, there are ways of dealing with that. It starts with loss of custody and eventually may even include a TPR. There is a system. It is not OK to get a woman who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol to sign something, because a woman under the influence CANNOT GRANT CONSENT. And being under the influence, and not understanding what you are doing at the time of the adoption, does not equate with being an unfit parent in the long-term.
Even having a drug problem does not automatically call for the loss of your child--and it certainly doesn't entitle someone to steal your child because they think that they are more deserving.