Reply #23: In China, if the unwanted female children are not killed at birth [View All]

then they are abandoned shortly afterwards. Many women abandon them in places where they hope the girls will be found and brought to the local orphanage. My daughter began life that way. She was abandoned on a doorstep in a small city in Hubei province shortly after her birth. The local orphanage knows to check it periodically and she was found before any harm came to her. They estimated her age at 1 day old when they found her based on her physical condition. Because she was healthy, she was put into the adoption stream and my husband and I were permitted to adopt her. Bethan has been with us almost 3 years now and I thank Kwan Yin and all the Gods for her presence in our lives. Well, ok, so maybe not when she is being a bratty 4 year old and sassing us back but in general.