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I've been thinking a lot about what's going to happen in about nine months' time. It'll

be spring. Everything will seem a little brighter, a little greener. And in the wake of the

Supreme Court decision, canceling out the constitutional right to an abortion, there

might be a lot more babies. This possibility was considered by the court. The justice

is, even seem to suggest a solution, adoption. In his final opinion, Justice Samuel Alito,

assured readers that a woman who puts her newborn up for adoption today, has little reason

to fear that the baby won't find a suitable home. During oral arguments, just as Amy

Coney Barrett seemed to imply that because all 50 states have safe haven laws, adoption

might serve as a kind of substitute for abortion. I wanted a fact check on that.

The safe haven laws, you know, it's good to have them, but very, very few people take

advantage of them.

And Fessler has made herself into an adoption expert. I should just interrupt and say,

safe haven laws, they allow birth mother to surrender a child without any punishment, I

guess, or any consequence, right?

Right. Right. She can take the child to a local, you know, fire station, you know, and

drop it off, but it's very, very, very rarely used.

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