When teenagers talk about I may be pregnant, I want a baby, I can just get an abortion etc...are they thinking about the baby, the LIFE, the way THEY were brought into this world? Unfortunalty today we have contraception etc. so they can just get rid of it like it was no big thing. A baby is a BLESSING. It is sad a lot of teenagers today don't realize that fro mthe beginning sex was a sacred thing for 2 people to show each other their love within marriage. What has it turned into? What is your opinion on this?
2006-10-25 14:12:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I think it is somewhat of a contradictory situation. Teenagers (and some adults) aren't responsible or mature enough to understand the concept of what it truly means to have and adequately care for a child. They are still children themselves, which goes hand-in-hand with being selfish. (You have to be virtually completely unselfish to be a good parent.) On the other hand, teenagers are full of somewhat, uncontrollable hormones that move them to think about sex to the point of exhaustion.
I think the best ammunition is to issue every teen with correct informative education and condoms. Condoms do not promote sex. They promote protected sex. Teenagers have been having sex for hundreds of years. Why would condoms spark their interest to have more of it. They're already having more of it.
Oh, and I don't consider abortions or the morning after-pill to be contraception. Contracaption is *preventative* and helps stop the spread of STD's.
2006-10-25 14:26:31 · answer #1 · answered by punchy333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to say I'm so conflicted about this issue. I always swore never to have an abortion. Its wrong its terrible etc. But at 16 I was raped by a boy in high school. He didnt use any protection and I wasn't on birth control and I got pregnant. I freaked out. I was 16, and raped. It wasnt a blessing to me then. I was a straight A student and had so many options for my future, a baby just wasn't one of them. I hadnt told anyone I was raped at the time. I was scared and then to get pregnant was just so much more scary. I didnt know what else to do so I snuck away for a weekend and had an abortion. I do admit I feel it was wrong now. Now I am 20, happily married with an 11 month old. there isnt a day that goes by where I dont think about my decision, how selfish it was, but at the same time, I know I was not okay to be a mom at that age. My son is my world now. I devote all my time to him. I was blessed with a second chance. So for the teenagers who use abortion as birth control just because they dont want to be responsible that is so so so very wrong, but in my situation even though it still hurts, I wasnt sure at the time I had any other options. I know I get told about adoption alot, but I was not ready to go through high school pregnant. Its a very conflicting issue these days though. We cant really stop what other people do. Just pray that maybe they will learn responsibility...
2006-10-25 23:16:52 · answer #2 · answered by htmama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you're absolutely right! What depresses me is the fact that there are all these women out there that are married, and trying to start a family, and just can't conceive...but then these teenagers out there get pregnant and get an abortion. I just don't understand their logic. It doesn't seem very fair to me. A baby is one of the biggest blessings, and they treat it like it means nothing. Trust me, I work at a college, and I see this everyday. I was never like that when I was a teenager, and I just don't understand what's happened to the youth today. It's a sad, sad thing!
2006-10-25 22:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by Megan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Babies are a blessing. I found out early this year we were expecting our fifth child even though I was using contraception I would never have thought about an abortion. We had already four girls aged 8, 6, 3 and a 3 month old baby( who had her first b'day two weeks before our little boy arrived). We were blessed with a little boy five weeks ago.
2006-10-26 03:20:37 · answer #4 · answered by Mel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pregnancy is not a "baby". The pregnancy/embryo/zygote/fetus does not reach babyhood until it is born. I'm pro choice, for the right of the woman to decide on birth control method IF she chooses any (if she were smart she would) if she becomes pregnant the right to decide whether to abort, give it up for adoption or keep it after a full term. I've been pro choice since before abortions were legalized and will remain pro choice. Emotional outbursts don't phase me I know what a pregnancy is and a baby it isn't until it is born.
2006-10-25 22:58:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you are totaly right, it is a thing that should be saved for marrage, but also times have changed and instead of killing the babythey should put it up for adoption
2006-10-25 21:27:41 · answer #6 · answered by hollie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
babys are awesome they really bring a family together
2006-10-25 21:20:53 · answer #7 · answered by trevor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree w/ u its like ruining a precious life
2006-10-25 21:17:17 · answer #8 · answered by obnoxtious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋