[Anita]

First, it’s misleading to say women choose this. In many cases, women and men make the decision together. Second, I think anybody who chooses to conceive their own child, whether or not they need fertility treatment, is creating a new life instead of taking care of one who has nobody to care for them. Anybody who wants children can adopt. I have not decided whether to have my own child or adopt, but I’ve been giving it serious thought, and I think there are valid reasons to choose either path. For some women, it’s deeply meaningful to go through the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, and for some men it’s meaningful to be a partner in this experience. For some women (not all by any means), it fulfills a potential that our body has, and it’s a basic part of life as a woman that we want to experience. I see pregnant women and feel a longing to have a child. Some people want a child who looks like them. Some people don’t know how difficult or how expensive fertility treatment is going to get when they start down that path, and some have a lot of pressure from their families to try. And some people are afraid an adopted child will have medical and/or emotional problems because they did not have a secure infancy or early childhood. That feels like a lot to take on. But all of that considered, I still may choose to adopt because there are children who need families. I think either decision will be valid.

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Name : Anita, Gender : F, Age : 40, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

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