to abort, or not to abort.

I'd say it goes by a case per case basis. I chose to abort when I found myself pregnant, but as the option is there, it's really a personal decision. You're on the pro-choice forum, so I think most of us aren't against it, but it's not as simple as "abort or not abort".

I'm going to shift this to the abortion debate forum so you get some more varied replies, dramaqueen

Personally, I think they made the right choice. What would have been the point of continuing with the pregnancy?

I'm just very curious as to why everyone in the school knows about it, and why so many people are against it.

It's up to the individuals involved and if the people at your school felt they did not want to be pregnant then they made the right decision!

What about adoption?? What about considering that ending human life is a crime against man>? Who should really decide whether to end a life or not? The Government?? The Mother?? Your parents?? so many questions... Does the fetus feel pain??.. Guess we'll never know because we're not the fetus.... Just think if the girl who started this discussion.. and her parents had been at a disadvantage and decided to abort... This wouldn't be a discussion.. I just wanted to know how you guys can just look at this simply as an abortion... aborted..ended..quit..gave up... is it just a bad mistake.. what about rape victims who become pregnant?? Should they just end the life growing inside of them?? End all chance at starting life... Is the fetus a citizen of this country?? I would think so... its alive just not born yet in our country.. so just kill it before it grows so it cannot have the right to !>LIFE<! LIBERTY or any kind of PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.. end what could have been could have had felt could have dreamed.... The demise of our "modernized" society grows closer and closer every waking moment

This statement shows profound ignorance about the nature and history of abortion.

There isn't anything "modern" about abortion. Abortion has been practiced by every civilization that exists or has ever existed, since the beginning of time.


Even infantucide has been practiced widely:
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Just to clear the air here, adoption is a PARENTING choice. Abortion/birth are both PREGNANCY choices. Pregnancy in itself is nothing to take lightly. Even with modern medicine it can kill a woman. Women have the right to refuse to continue a condition that can permanently damage or kill them, just as men have the right to refuse organ or bone marrow donations. If you run over someone with your car you're directly responsible for their need of your bodily organs and fluids to live, yet nobody is advocating the mandating of a law to force people to do so. Why? Because it would affect men.

I am the same age as you and i have a 10 and a half month old daughter. I was 15 when i got pregnant (while having protected sex) And 16 when i gave birth, i completed my final year at school and completed all of my exams while 35+weeks pregnant and acheived grades rangeing from a-d. I am still with the father of my baby andwe have never been happier,he is eight months older than me and an amazing father, he was there for every antenatal appointment the ultrasounds, the birth, stayed with me overnight at the hospital. Aboutthe onlything he doesn't do is breastfeed her for the obvious reason!!
I know of two people who have had abortions and that was the right choice by them, one of them is a girl i used to go to school with and she had an abortion at 14 because it was a result of a one night stand and she didn't want a baby at 14. The other is the girlfriend of a good friend of mine, she got pregnant when they were both 18. They decided to have an abortion rather than keep the baby because theyboth wanted to go to university and focus on a career before having a child. She doesn't regret the abortion in the slightest and says it was the best decision she's made but my friend on theother hand regrets it alot,he thinks about it everyday. He never really wanted her to have an abortion but he knew that's what she wanted, he still has the scan picture in a frame next to his bed and thinks about whether he would have a son or daughter by nowand what they wouldhave been called etc. They're not together anymore because she couldn't remain faithful so that in itself shows she wasn't ready to have the child.
A baby is a huge lifelong commitment that you can't turn your back on once you get bored of cleaning, changing nappies and feeding mushed up veggies, some people are capeable of this at a young age andsome won't even entertain the idea of a child until they are nearly 40.
I personally could not of gone through with an abortion, we talked through the 3 options together and came to the decision of keeping our daughter. My personal point of view is that a baby is a baby from the moment of conception even if this isn't scientifically true, i also could not have given Mika up for adoption as i knew that i would develop a bond with her while she was in the womb and it would of broken my heart to know that someone else was bringing up the baby that my body cared for.
Each woman who finds herself pregnant will make the decision that she feels is right for her at that moment and it should be nobodies business but her own.

Amen.

I agree with both arguments, i feel it isnt right to kill a baby and that it is lifelike at conception. But i strongly agree, that no matter what the reason, if you cannot finanically, mentally, physically, raise a child, why go through with the pregnancy. Obviously, it isn't something to kid about, its another life. But it just isnt fair to have a child and not giving it the life it deserves. Adoption, is something that is avaible to most people. However, caring for your child for 9 months, will certainly make you closer to the kid. Which honestly, leaves abortion to be the only choice. Even i think it's cowardly.. but face it. If i ever get pregnant and i feel i cannot support my child, i'm not going to give birth to a child for the sake of it, then it has to live it's life as a mistake. It just isn't fair. Which is why i agree that an abortion, would be best for the life of the mother/father and the child.