On my podcast a few days ago, I addressed a question from a listener who wanted to know how I could oppose abortion and gay adoption at the same time. If this seems like a bit of a non-sequitur, that’s because it is. The two issues have nothing at all to do with each other. But it is not uncommon for people to draw a connection — I’ve been asked this same question during almost every Q&A I’ve ever done on a college campus — because, it is argued, if abortion is made illegal, we will end up with thousands or even millions of new children in the adoption system. At that point, the logic goes, we will need gay couples to help carry the load and ensure that these babies don’t end up languishing in foster homes for years on end.
I responded on my show the same way I always respond to this convoluted line of thinking. First, I pointed out that there is a waiting list 50 miles long of qualified families desperately hoping to adopt infants. We have no problem, in this country, with babies being stuck in the system for years. We have that problem with older children, but it is not difficult to find good homes for very young children.
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