Adoption Remains a Better Option Than Abortion

A closer look at the data reveals a more complex portrait than the one painted in a recent Bloomberg column.

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In the days since the leak of the Supreme Court draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, there has been an unfortunate push among abortion supporters to attack abortion alternatives. Kami Rieck argued in a recent Bloomberg Opinion piece that adoption is no substitute for the practice.

“Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who adopted two of her seven children from Haiti, and others have suggested abortion is unnecessary because birth mothers can simply give up their babies. But there is nothing simple about it,” she writes.

Charles Hilu

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Charles Hilu

Charles Hilu is a national affairs reporter at National Review. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he previously worked at the Washington Free Beacon and The Dispatch before joining National Review in 2026.

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