In a previous post about biological clocks, bj wrote that people should have the option to have children, even if they haven’t been lucky enough to find a partner. I agree. With a world full of orphans, storks are needed to deposit kids into the arms of loving parents. However, that route isn’t so easy.
When he was 5 years old, Opiyo was accidentally dropped in a cauldron of boiling water by his mother after she was shot in the chest by rebel soldiers, Ms. Quinn said. His mother survived but his family has largely rejected him, Ms. Quinn said. He survived on the streets of Gulu, Ms. Quinn said, by showing strangers his webbed torso and begging for money.
Ms. Quinn was in Uganda on an internship and spotted Opiyo playing while she was at a cafe.
Opiyo was brought to the US for treatment, but his emotional scars are as complicated as his physical ones. The boy may be returned to the streets of Uganda without a family and without surgery.
Apt. 11d 
Actually, Laura, I meant to write that people should have the option not to have children, if they’d rather devote their life to other pursuits (art, ultimate frisbee, whatever). (I do see how my sloppy writing could be interpretted otherwise :-). I think there are women who can be happy with or without children, but live in a world where being childless is seen as so bizarre, that it’s difficult to see that.
My thoughts on the adoption route are complicated and unformed.
bj
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sorry, bj. Sloppy reading on my part.
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