I would have to say that I'm pro-choice. I believe every woman should have the right to decide what is best for her particular situation. Because not all solutions will suit all needs.

However, I personally could not abort and would not consider it as an option. And yes, I can speak from experience.

I was in a three year relationship with a live-in boyfriend whom I was sexually active with. We used condoms in the beginning of our relationship but discontinued using them as our relationship grew. I was also on the pill and had been since I was 16.

In May of 98, my menstrual cycle was over a month late so I decided to go to the gyno and have a pregnancy test performed. To my disbelief, it came back positive. My boyfriend, and the father, left me approximately 2 weeks later. I never saw or heard from him again. I imagine he just couldn't handle the responsibility.

At first I was determined to do whatever it took to be financially and emotionally stable enough to keep, and provide for, the baby and myself. I was also determined to do it without any government assistance. As I've always been a very proud person. I was working two jobs and going to school part time, all while pregnant. And I had to endure all this without any outside help from family or friends.

As more time went by and I became increasingly attached and bonded to the child I was carrying, I began to question what quality of life I had to offer to him. I had so much love for him that I felt overwhelming guilt about the meager environment I would subject him to. There was never any doubt that I could provide unending love and support. But what about the things that I always believed every child has the right to.

A stable home environment with two loving and supportive parents. Parents who, together, could provide for his financial needs. A supportive extended family such as aunts, uncles and grandparents. A life where he doesn't have to witness his mother struggle everyday to provide.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I loved him too much to let my selfish needs get in the way of what was ultimately best for him. Therefore, I contacted an adoption agency. And on the day after he was born, the adoptive parents came into my hospital room, picked him up, gave me a hug and kiss and told me thank-you, they loved me and goodbye.

He'll be four years old in February and not a day goes by that I don't think about him. However, when I think about how happy and healthy he is, I never once regret the decision I made. After all, that's what the main concern should always be. What's the best decision that will most benefit the child.

 

and that's why we have adoption as a choice.

 

Well put.

I think the pro choice people should think before they raise the flag. What if their parents decided to abort them instead of actually raising them and feeding them.

Before you make a statement like "Its not living yet." think of yourself and what if your parents made that choice of aborting you. You wouldn't be here!

~Me

 

I wouldn't know that I was in existence, therefore I wouldn't care...

 

i am pro-choice with limits... after the 2nd trimester unless the woman could possibly die and her child would die... an abortion should not be done...

women who have been raped should never have to keep the baby... it wasn't their choice..

for myself... i've discussed this with Mike and what we've concluded is if it would happen.. we have to talk about it then.. the circumstances of it will change if it would happen.. we can't predetermine our actions...we know the consequences of our actions.. if i could ensure the necesities and a good life for the child.. i would keep it.. if not... i'm not sure.. mike is fine with abortion if i so choose it and adoption if i so choose it.. but it's my choice because he has stated how he felt.. of course i would re discuss this if it would happen...

now if a man wants to keep a child and the woman doesn't.. i believe if the man can prove he can be a proper father.. let him have the child.. he's ready to sacrafice for his actions.. and that's fantastic!

but like someone said earlier... this world isn't black and white.. it's gray....

 

Pro-Life

When the angel cam down to Mary he said

"the woman is with CHILD" not fetus....

I think if they do not make abortion illegal then they should sterilize anybody who has one... If you cannot bare the responsibilty of being a parent then why continue killing unborn children....

There is a girll locally who is 18 yrs ols and has already had 3 abortions... this is a crock of sh!t to me... evertime i c i get sick...

 

absolutely f'in absurd.

 

Yeah and you and I are picking up the f'ing tabs on the welfare checks....we're raising the kids for her.

 

anyone who is hardcore pro life is just. ugh. Some say life begins at conception, **** that. Life begins at birth. When you're born, you're not 9 months old, you're zero. Anyone who's against abortion would really have to be against birth-control of any kind, after all, that sperm is potentially your kid, and your lady's unfertilized egg is potentially her kid. I've never been against letting a lady choose to be a mother or not. Here's a scenario for ya. A young lady of seventeen gets down with her guy, now she's on BC and he wears a raincoat, but somehow she gets knocked up. Obviously pregnancy is not her goal, but it happened. Now, would you force that girl to have that baby regardless of all she did to make it not happen at all?

 

Abstinence is the only way to be 100% sure that pregnancy doesn't happen.
and why would a pro-lifer be "ugh"...because they don't like killing?!...yeah..that makes sense.