Introduction to Women and Gender Studies

Hi everyone! Not sure what exactly to write about, but maybe talking about my article that I chose for my essay is a good idea? Well I found an article on The Sacramento Bee newspaper and it was titled " Honoring Adoption" my article was stating the fact that adoption is  a good thing to do and that mothers who unselfishly give there babies for adoption is a great idea instead of having an abortion. It caught my attention that they mentioned abortion and adoption on this article. It's true abortion shouldn't be the answer , instead the child should be given for adoption. That is just my opinion. Also my article mentioned that how come great stories like an adoption isn't  so public and I agree. We don't often hear stories about children being adopted. But I was also wondering why have we not heard of same sex couples adopting? Can same sex couples adopt in certain places? I think it would be wonderful if same sex couples were able to adopt and posted publicly to show other same sex couples that they can also adopt. However, I am not sure what are the rules to adopt a child.