Huckabee's 2008 Iowa victory and Santorum's surge suggest that, in spite of the dominant stereotypes
about evangelicals, they value religious authenticity more than
rhetoric and care
about more issues than gay - marriage and
abortion.
Part of the difficulty with creating a new understanding of adoption - including the women who chose it, the families who adopt, and the children who are adopted - is combating archaic adoption practices that not only reinforce negative stereotypes, but also do an incredible disservice to what adoption can be - that is, adoption is a legitimate pregnancy option for all women faced with a pregnancy decision, regardless of whether they identify as «pro-life» or «pro-choice,» religious or not, conservative or liberal... In the face of a pregnancy decision, the women who choose adoption feel no more part of the political discussion around it then the women who choose
abortion feel
about the political
rhetoric characterizing their decision.