Suggestion for Changes to the Proposal:
While the underlying concept of generating revenue by selling unwanted babies to families who wish to adopt them may be a good idea in many respects, there is no real necessity to structure it as an auction. The association with online auctions would only magnify the intensity of the knee-jerk reaction among many people who object to any notion of selling babies for profit. The publicity associated with the program would only be that much worse with headline like "Baby Ebay." A simple sales-based approach would still encounter significant opposition and moral condemnation, but it would probably be perceived somewhat more open-mindedly than the spectacle of last second bidding in the manner of other online auctions. Furthermore, the suggested changes to the format would also allow the program to consider the relative income of the prospective parents and require higher participation fees based on income to prevent the process to be dominated by mere wealth.
Instead of either an online auction or a direct sale of babies, the proposal should be restructured to design a program with all of the same principle objectives and potential benefits without the potential difficulties and moral objections likely to be provoked by an auction or direct sale. In that regard, the exact same goals of increased revenue to the state, increased revenue to child welfare-related agencies, improvements in the quality and the availability of child welfare agency services, and the improved quality of the state agency applicant pool would all be equally possible in another format altogether.
While online auctions and any direct sales of babies for profit are likely to generate tremendous opposition, the same principles and intended benefits expressed in the proposal might be more easily achieved by indirect registration fees whose revenue could be directed into improving social services and ultimately, the health of the babies. In addition, the revenues from set registration-based fees could incorporate relative wealth to prevent any monopoly of the wealthy as potential program adoptive recipients.
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