According to your religion, what is the best thing for a teenager to do if an unexpected pregnancy occurs?

Question

What options would be available for mother and child in your church/religion?

Answer 1

I was in that situation... I got pregnant when I was 19 and what I did was trust God that He knew what He was doing, and I kept the baby. My church all came together and helped me out (which was the opposite of what I expected them to do), and my family let me continue to live with them when I thought they were going to kick me out.
I would reccommend just trusting God... He has a purpose for that little baby. I know that my baby (which I thought was going to ruin my life) actually turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me!! I believe that baby saved my life because before I got pregnant, I was addicted to meth, and I quit the day I found out I was pregnant. God can take even what seems to be the worst sin and turn it into the biggest blessing of your life. My son is now 17 months old, and I am 21 and I couldn't be happier that I made the choice I did (even though I haven't heard from the father since I was 6 months pregnant and am working 3 jobs just to get by, if I could go back and do it over, I wouldn't change anything... it's hard, but it's worth it!)
If that isn't what you want to do though, please give it up for adoption, don't get an abortion... God sent that baby here for a reason, and if it's meant to be aborted, you will have a miscarriage. The Bible says that God will never give you more than you can handle!

Answer 2

I'm a Christian, and according to my religion, the sin was in the sex, so the resulting child need not be punished, or in other words, shouldn't be aborted.

If the teenager's family could somehow be the primary caretakers of the baby, while the teen continues her education, that would be ideal.

But if the teen's family doesn't have the time, energy, money, resources, or even the desire, to raise the baby, I'd talk to the teen about putting the baby up for adoption.

Answer 3

I'm a Catholic and the Church's position is for the couple to wait until after the baby is born to decide what they're going to do. The Church does not want them making a lifelong decision under duress. They try to support mother, father and baby to the extent that the family wants or needs their help. Teenage pregnancy is a valid reason for annulment of the marriage if the family coerced the couple into marrying for the sake of the baby.

Answer 4

Have the child and live with your actions. Despite what others may say, like some below, no real religion would suggest anything other than having the child.

With any Christian church, ANY option available to anyone else would be available to you despite your unholy behaviour. Counselling on every aspect of you and your babies welfare would be available.

Answer 5

In my tradition, the answer would come about after some intense counseling. Ultimately, it is the teenager's decision. She would spend time talking about the future, the options and the feelings that might come about in the event of each option.

Also, the question of how old that teen is may play a part in the decision; how mature the body is and what risks the pregnancy poses.

Answer 6

Well she should not have been screwing around to state with. But if she was raped or the victim of incest, which is another form of rape, she has the option of an abortion. If she was not raped, she should not use abortion as a form of birth control, she should go though the hell of have the child and then give it up for adoption or raise it herself if she chooses. (Raising it herself is a rather new option for unmarried women. It was not like that 30 -35 years ago. So society has become a bit more compassionate.)

The Episcopal Church allows abortion in the cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.

Answer 7

sure there's a such component as a "unpredicted being pregnant" i change into clinically determined with polycystic ovary syndrom at 17 when you've off the dep. shot and my ob/gyn instructed me that i does not get pregnant without the help of fertility drugs and hormones or perhaps then it would want to in all likelihood be troublesome to concieve. Im 23 engaged and change into not on horomones or fertility meds and in no way were and im now 8 weeks pregnant. is going to reveal docs arent completly complete evidence. And have self assurance me we were not anticipating to ever have little ones. SO sure it truly is achievable.

Answer 8

~As a devout Catholic, I can't tell her to do the obvious, practical, common sense thing and suggest an abortion, so I would have to tell her to meet the voodoo woman in the alley and to take along a coat hanger. I would be much more concerned about the teenager who had a WANTED pregnancy, but one does have to keep the folks in the welfare office employed, doesn't one?
Only a fool would rely on a church or mythological construct to decide such an important issue. Good luck to you and your daughter, but don't look to your church for help or support. May Goobleskeera watch over you and keep you. And to your daughter - PARTY ON GIRL, you're safe for a few months now.

Answer 9

Seek God for His wisdom and will. Children raising seldom works out. On the other hand, some adoptions don't either. I'd have to do some serious fasting and praying with input from a trusted spiritual leader and a close circle of spiritual friends before I made up my mind.

Answer 10

1.Before pregnancy you should have thought about church/religion rules.
2.Since you had not thought about point no.1 so , it is better not to think for religion/church now and give birth to baby and nurish it with full love and affection and ignore the comments of your society and live on your own. This will give you a new path of life which would be better than the lives of peaple who are following the rules of your society.