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when adoptive parents must go to China, South America, the Ukraine, et al in order to adopt babies and toddlers because chidren that young aren't available for adoption here in the U.S.

But to speak to your bigger issue, to put it James Carville-style to those who don't and can't get it, It's the moral relativism, stupid.. 

Imagine you're out hiking with your trusty Boy Scout compass that always points to True North.  You have your map.  You have your compass.  You won't get lost even when the weather or time of day changes as long as you use your tools.  

Imagine your pro-choice relative never went to Scout camp but it's a nice day and she wants to go out for a hike by herself.  She has a map that she bought at 7/11, but no compass.  Maybe the map is current, maybe it's out of date.  Maybe the fog rolls in and the landmarks aren't visible any more.  Maybe the road sign that said "Food and Lodging 1 Mile" fell down in a high wind.  Without that compass, she can go a long way down 10 miles of bad road before realising her mistake.  But by that time, it's too late.  She's out of water.  She's not dressed for the drastic weather.  She's miserable, she's alone, she's totally lost, and her cell phone battery just died.

Maybe some Boy Scout is going to be willing to go out there and look for her.  But what if the world has changed and nobody goes to Scout camp any more, because who needs a compass if your cell phone has GPS and Google Maps?  And it's really not your problem or my problem that she's gone, she's probably just out having fun, and whatever, she'll come back eventually.  Later we'll be shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, when we read about her tragic disappearance in the news and realize we did absolute nothing to save her when time was of the essence. 

Obviously this is a parable for trading traditional morality for modern conveniences, and it's a lot more convenient for women (and men) to enjoy themselves without being limited by the prospect of raising and supporting children.  My experience is that when we're not good stewards of our children, our pets, our extended family members and our communities as extensions of our families then it harms our souls as much as it harms theirs.  The scale extends from "not being a good steward" all the way toward varying degrees of  what psychologists refer to as high-functioning narcissism and/or sociopathology, an inability to empathize, to feel remorse or guilt, and an excessive focus on being the center of the universe (egocentrism).  Sociopaths are able to talk themselves out of difficulties with an often high level of verbal eloquence, although the words don't resonate with them emotionally.  Sociologists and psychologists look toward environment, genetics, chemical imbalances, and so on for causality.  Some would call it an existential ailment.  I tend to think of it as a spiritual problem, and I'm always a bit surprised when people like Barack and Michelle Obama, who call themselves Christians and say they have spent many years attending church on a regular basis, still seem to suffer from it.