i am pregnat at age 15 what do i do?

Question

help me i do not know what to do!

also what is an abortion?

Answer 1

Honey, talk to your parents. They will be mad, maybe disappointed (at first), but they will love and support you. Honestly, 15 is very young to have a child. Do you want a child at your age? Do you think your parents would help you raise it?

If you answered no to both of those questions, I would talk to someone at an adoption agency. My mom adopted a son when she was 50. It was an open adoption where the birth mother chose her. Now, 14 years later, the birth mom is as much a part of our family is my brother is. She comes to all of his birthday parties, Christmas, etc., he knows who his biological mother is. It can be like that for you too. Good luck honey.

Answer 2

You are asking a very personal question. Your decision, whatever it may be, will, likely, have a dramatic effect on your life. I would not recommend that you take the advice of an internet afficianado -- whom you have never met -- without a grain of salt.

Would you ask this question to a random person on the street? Perhaps. Would you take their advice without question? I certainly hope not.

However, I will offer you a little advice -- despite the fact that, given your position, I would not give it much weight.

At your age, childbirth will, likely, be rather difficult. Though it is true that more and more girls reach menarche at an increasingly young age (the average age is now approaching eight years), a young woman's body -- like your own -- is still developing.

Abortion is a whole lot less invasive than childbirth and is also a great deal cheaper. Given your shoes, that is what I would choose; but, you have to weigh your own personal morals on this matter -- you shouldn't allow anyone else to sway you if you are opposed to their point of view.

Answer 3

There are many different types of abortion procedures, not just the ones described by the previous people answering your question - it is not legal in the US for a fully developed fetus to be cut up inside the uterus, also known as a dilation and extraction or "Partial-Birth Abortion" - done only in the 3rd trimester and only in cases of mortal danger to the mother anyway.

This site, which cites its own credible sources, accurately describes most (all?) types of abortion procedures without religious bias, unlike sites like "Priests For Life": http://www.americanpregnancy.org/unplannedpregnancy/abortionprocedures.html

Please, for the sake of any potential child, do not try to raise it yourself at 15. If you decide to give birth, start researching private adoption agencies as early as possible to make sure your child will have a home and not end up in the craphole that is the foster care system... And pray that your child is born healthy and not disabled, or his/her chances of getting adopted drop drastically. xX

Answer 4

You do what you think you should do. Either birth it and keep it, birth and adopt it out, or abort. You should try Planned Parenthood's website to find one near you so you can make an appointment and discuss the matter with someone there, plus the site will tell you how abortions are actually performed. It's best not to listen to people who tell not to choose any of the options there are for someone in your situation.

Answer 5

Well, you can make a choice to keep the baby or give the baby to someone you trust/know to raise it or you can put it up for adoption and a stranger will raise your baby. Abortion is a back door for people who have been irresponsible to choose when they get pregnant. An abortion discharges the baby from your body, killing it. It's hard on your body and some people have trouble conceiving (getting pregnant) when they choose to later. At this point, I would hope that you have supportive parents that will help you raise the baby until you become and adult and can move out of the house to live on your own. Having their help will make a world of a difference. If they are there you can have financial support and someone to watch your baby while you finish school. Finishing school is still important becuase you will one day still need to get a job to support yourself whether you have a baby or not. There are charter high schools that are federally funded public schools that you can go to that will offer you a schedule that allows you to go to work or care for a child and go to school. There are sometimes accelerated graduation programs as well. These charter high schools have schedules that allow you to have half days or take evening classes. If you search online or go to a guidance counceler at school you will most likely be able to find programs that help young women who are pregnant or have children. They help with finding day care and financial support as well as classes or people that can help you make your life and future work with your baby.

Answer 6

In a nutshell, abortion ends the pregnancy before birth. Many believe it's immoral/unsafe to have one; both beliefs are false. The termination of a fetus does not equal murder, and carrying it to full-term and delivering is far more dangerous than getting an abortion. I bet you would never hear this info from those people.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/birth-control-pregnancy/abortion-4260.htm

I advise you to not listen to the rest of these people telling you to NOT do something they just happen to be against (Weird on how that works, eh?). It's your body, therefore you decide what stays and what goes. If you would like to abort, I ask you to not worry about what others say. If you would like to carry it to full-term and put it up for adoption, remember that what you do/eat/feel also affects the fetus. If you would like to raise the child, please be aware that raising children is probably the hardest thing a person can do.

To those of you who would like to censor and/or delete my information, please be sure to delete and/or censor the biased information first. We don't want to force ignorance or false information down someone's throat, now do we?

Answer 7

I would strongly suggest that you have an abortion (which terminates the pregnancy; go do some research on plannedparenthood.com or similar sites, but NO PRO-LIFE SITES because they will LIE to you, just like some of the fools here are doing. Yeah, saline abortion is illegal, and the fetus is only removed piece by piece when the pregnancy is far enough along for that to be necessary, which is maybe after 5 or 6 months. Basically, any site that calls it a "baby," "child," or says horrible things about women who abort are very biased/pro-life), or put it up for adoption (an option that I find to be morally wrong, but it's not my decision).

Answer 8

If your ready to bring a child in this world do it. If not I suggest you give the baby up for adoption. This is a big responsibility for a 15 year old. I had my daughter at the age of 20 and it was rough.

Answer 9

Despite other people's uninformed opinions say, abortion is NOT a bad thing. Abortion is a legal choice (you are protected by the law to have one!), and it is a safe medical procedure. It is safer than enduring a full-term pregnancy.

A fully-grown baby that we all think of when we see babies in carriages at the mall does not really "begin" at conception. It is not a person yet, just a single cell with no sentience. It is a very gradual and long process to develop a single cell into a sentient human being. Some people believe in souls, but nobody can prove or disprove that souls exist.

You do NOT have to have a baby if you do not want to. Contact your local planned parenthood clinic and visit this website http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ to learn more about the facts.

Take anything anyone says against abortion here with a grain of salt. They are likely religious people who want to impose a decision on you rather than actually care about your life. They care mostly about the baby being developed to term, but they don't care at all about actually helping new, young, single mothers to actually raise those babies.

For those who think about censoring or deleting my response, you care more about censoring and repressing different viewpoints than attempting to engage in logical arguments in order to help this young girl allow herself the RIGHT to make her own informed decisions about HER LIFE.

Thanks for reading.

Answer 10

You have to make the decision that is best for you. I cannot make that for you. If you feel you have a good enough relationship with your parents then please talk to them. If you have no means of medical insurance or a way to afford a pregnancy, let alone support the child, then perhaps an abortion is the way to go.

No one can make the decision for you, and please don't allow people to bully you into having a child you know you can't support, because I doubt they are going to be at your bedside ready to take care of your child for you.