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...Marfa installation alone will cost $18 million. Its benefits include some 30 new technical jobs, an annual payroll of $1 million and perhaps a few carloads of tourists drawn to the remote prairie for a look at what townsfolk fondly call the "big, pregnant whale." Says local newspaper editor Robert Halpern: "This is a real shot in the arm for retail sales and real estate -- and community pride too. We used to get attention for our cow pastures. Now people know we're doing all we can to fight the drug...
Chasing after these scarce infants is harder than ever, as supply flattens and demand soars. Abortion is one reason: half of all unwanted pregnancies are now terminated. Teenage mothers intent on keeping their children are another. In some states a pregnant 15-year-old quickly learns that with a baby she can be eligible for Medicaid, food stamps and other welfare payments that total as much as $8,000 a year. If she decides on adoption, she may get nothing but the pain of loss and the ridicule of her peers. "Adoption is really unpopular in the schools," says Independent...
Some attorneys act as intermediaries between doctors with pregnant patients ; and prospective parents. They may also advise clients on how and where to advertise for potential birth mothers. Pictures of perplexed young women appear in ads on buses and in buildings throughout Illinois. Sample copy: "Pregnant? Scared? Are you ready to be a single parent?" For those who are not, the ad refers clients to lawyer Lawrence Raphael ("He Cares") and even provides a toll-free number...
Lawyers and self-styled adoption consultants -- many of them people who have successfully adopted -- encourage would-be parents to do their own legwork. Classified sections of newspapers are loaded with often highly personal ads detailing a couple's medical history and inviting pregnant women to call collect anytime. In her book Beating the Adoption Game, clinical psychologist Cynthia Martin offers tips: "Contact physical-education teachers, who frequently are the first to realize a young girl is pregnant; contact the school nurse to find out if anyone has morning sickness. Never talk to the principal, who may not want to know...
Young said Mrs. Davis could have temporary custody so that she could have the eggs implanted in her womb in hopes of becoming pregnant. Child support, visitation and final custody will be decided if a birth results, he wrote...