Abortion? keep the child? adoption? have your parents raise the child?
2007-12-18 07:59:27 · 43 answers · asked by Ron L 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Most people don't understand that their parents didn't lay down and make that baby. Yes, they may help you but if you can't afford to take care of child you shouldn't be having sex. I feel that people should make a decision that they would be able to live with. If you can live with an abortion on your conscious, do what you have to do. but if you are able to take care of a child or know that you will have help, have the baby.
I didn't. I Regret it BIG TIME.
2007-12-18 08:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by ems 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adoption, with premise being made for both the parents of the child and their parents to help choose suitable parents for the child that will treat that child well. Why not the other options?
1) Abortion and keeping the child are both unfair as the child either does not get proper care and/or dies together (there's a very small chance a teen would have either the time or resources to raise a child well)...plus keeping the child puts an unnecessary hold on the parent's progress in school/with friends...all necessary to become a stable adult.
2) Having the parents (of the new parents) raise the child is blatantly unfair to the parents and ultimately hurts the "new parents" as well as the parents have to split their care up between the two parties and can never do quite as good a job as they would with just their children there to care for.
2007-12-18 08:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by M S 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One of my biggest pet peeves is women getting pregnant when they are not ready to have a baby. I am not a big fan of teen pregnancy at all. If I was a pregnant teenager, I would definitely either have an abortion or keep the baby and raise them as best I could. I am 25 and hoping to start a family soon as I am living with my boyfriend, in a stable relationship and more than ready in every way.
2007-12-18 08:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by Pink Princess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would keep it. If I was under sixteen (my parents would support the child), the moment I was legally aloud to get a job, I would. (But before I turned 16, I would work every odd job that was available. Rake leaves, shovel snow- whatever it took.) Then I would I would support the child and pay back every penny to my parents. I would do anything to keep that child alive, well, and happy. Also, I would be sure to keep my grades up and would not drop out of school all together. I would take adult education classes (which, in my area can be taken at 16 years of age) and I would set myself up for nursing school. That would basically guarantee me job during the child's future. (I wouldn't ever want to go into the health field, but if I was in need of a good job, the health field would be the way to go.)
It would be a really dumb move to get pregnant so young.
2007-12-18 08:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by Puddlemere United Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pro choice..however I know for myself I could not have an abortion and I couldn't give a baby I carried for 9 months up for adoption...I would raise the child and hopefully have a strong family support system.
2007-12-18 08:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I was 16 again, and I found out I was pregnant, I'd probably get an abortion. II wouldn't even tell my parents. Pft, I would have a huge problem trying to tell them NOW, nevermind at 16. I'm pretty sure everyone's gonna fight me on this, but I think it would be the right thing to do. It's probably not the most responsible thing to do, because I mean, if you get pregnant at 16, you should have to deal with the consequences. I just think it would ruin my life. I mean, an abortion would solve a lot of problems. It would be one less child with a terrible life, and I would be able to finish school like nothing ever happened. I could continue on with my life. I know a lot of people are probably thinking, "well why not adoption?" Well because I would have to drop out of school, and it would change my life a lot. I'm so glad nothing like that ever happened to me. I mean, I'm 19 now, and I'm pretty sure I'd be extremely upset if I found out I was pregnant. It's just not something I'm ready for, and I won't be ready for it for a loooong time. A long time being like mid thirties. I still have a lot to do with my life, I don't want to be tied down. Sorry, huge answer, but, it's just one of those things that bugs me. :)
2007-12-18 08:12:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would have just kept it. My mother would of helped me to raise the child. I don't believe in abortion, if it was that bad I'd sooner put the child up for adoption.
2007-12-18 08:03:16 · answer #7 · answered by ǝsɹnuʎxǝs 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Everyone in my family, including me, hates abortion. We just don't believe in it. I would keep the baby no matter what age I got pregnant at. Even if I decided not to keep it, there are many many family willing to adopt your baby. Abortion is murder in my eyes. If your pregnant your supposed to be, GOD made it that way.
2007-12-18 08:08:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a pregnant teenager, and I kept my babies. I had twin boys when I was 16 (pregnant at 15), got pregnant again when I was 17 and had another baby at 18 then another at 19 and another at 21. Now I'm pregnant with another set of twins that will be born less than a month after turning 22. I live in a big house with my husband (who fathered all of my children).
2007-12-18 08:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can't say until it happens....I was 18 when I got pregnant..I got married and had the baby, but my mother gave me options,,,,abortion, adoption, have it...so I wouldn't feel trapped..I wouldn't have traded my decision for the world even if I did get divorced 15 years later!!!
2007-12-18 08:03:22 · answer #10 · answered by madsmaha1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋