Letters to the Editor
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Adopt, adopt, adopt
If your sister is willing to take in a child that came to be in a womb not hers, then why not a womb of someone she doesn't know, of a child from a situation where he / she is not wanted? Isn't that the right thing to do.
For Chrissakes, people, sometimes you have to face the goddamn facts. The fact is, your sister can't have a baby. I know you are an entitled American who thinks God should be gift-wrapping (or baby-wrapping) happiness, but the fact is, the universe does not owe your sister a child; she, on the other hand, is free to go out and adopt one that is coming into this world no matter what.
And speaking as a husband and despite Cary's poetasting on this point, I think a marriage could definitely founder on this point. I can't imagine my wife proposing such a thing, but I can imagine me opposing it on the strongest terms imaginable. A marriage is a lifelong committment to another person - i.e., your spouse. If you want to help your sister, help her sift through the bureaucracy of adoption, not risk your own marriage in a misguided attempt at selflessness.