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veering a little off subject aren't we?
anyway, thanks so much for all the material.
i haven't really voiced much on the subject, and since i made the thread i guess it's only appropriate.
like i said before, i don't agree with abortion and it's by no means moral, but sometimes it's necessary. what if the mother's life was in danger? having some experience with this, i would rather save the mother than a mass of cells that doesn't even have a heartbeat yet. also, if a teenage girl is stupid enough to go off and have sex (with or without protection) she should deal with her mistake. however, the teenage body of, say a 12-15 year old girl is in no way mature enough to carry a child for nine months, then give birth. that could cause serious damage to the mother and the baby. why risk it? also, there have also been other cases where an older man will rape a child, and in that very slim chance, she will get pregnant. now if a teenager's body is not equipped enough to carry a child, how will a small child's body be?
on the other hand, if a girl keeps the baby, gives birth to it, and wants to give it up for adoption, how can she? if you carry a child for nine months you a part of it, i know i couldn't give it up. and if you just hand the baby over to a social worker it could end up in foster care. yes, there are good foster families out there, but there are also a lot of bad ones too. i guess i can't base my opinion of the system on my experience though, because that would be slightly biased. and there are statistics of children that go into foster care that get adopted, but with the population rising, a 100,000 or so kids won't be enough some day. and with all the girls have sex (again using an interpretation taken from my high school) there will be a lot of children needing to be adopted.
in short, sometimes abortion is the right answer, but most of the time it's not. i would never abort my child, but if it was a question between my life or its, or even both of us dying, i would probably take that step that is abortion. but i would also have to live with it for the rest of my life and always wonder about the little child that could have been. OH HELL, i'm confusing myself. how am i supposed to pick a side and persuade people about it?!?
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