If I hadn’t seen this, I would not have believed anyone could be so self-centered and willing to do something so illegal. Someone had the nerve to post this comment – “I would like to buy someone’s child on credit.”
Initially translated to read – “Furthermore, I would love to bless our family with another baby, perhaps helping a mother out that does not wish to be a mother. I understand the cost associated with this, and wish to help the mother, but I do not have the means currently to finance $50,000 in medical costs and attorney fees. If anyone has any advice, I welcome that. It is on my heart to be an adoptive mother.”
Further translated more directly – “I would like to grow my family by preying upon a mother who doesn’t have the resources/support to parent and instead of helping mothers through temporary circumstances, I’d like to pressure them into giving me their child and convince them it’s actually a good thing.”
The “translations” were simply her calling it like it is – if one is more informed than the average person about adoption issues. Someone said her that she “sounded like Satan was speaking through her”.
She says, “I think they got it a little twisted.” The person in that group tried to use the fact that very briefly she hoped to adopt. She had made one post about affording adoptions. She notes – “When my husband and I started to look into it, we realized it felt really gross and stopped trying to adopt. But God forbid someone see truth and change” (their perspective on the practice).
An adoptive parent admits – many of us had never heard that narrative before. We were told we were doing a wonderful thing. Good for you for challenging that narrative in such a blunt way. Hopefully even if she can’t hear it right now, your comments will make others think.
And this bit of history was shocking for me – Think about what the collateral on the loan would be. From 1619-1865, the collateral was the financed human being. If the loan wasn’t paid, the bank would come by, pick up the financed human being and resell them.
Someone responded with this – FINANCE A CHILD?! JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I’VE HEARD IT ALL!!
Another noted – “This is an excellent example of how people openly and publicly incriminate themselves. Posts like this should be reported to the authorities. Making clear statements of buying a human being is trafficking. Human trafficking is a crime. Period.” To which another agreed that it was is clearly an open offer to buy a child.
Missing Mom 