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Originally Posted by Swan
Im usually quite open minded when it comes to anything really, not this though. Even Guns, i can, at times see the argument. But this is something i will always be 100% against.
Abortion should be a basic woman's right, the US truly is disgusting at times. It's getting worse too.
Im gonna get passionate, and personal here. When i 16 my girlfriend became pregnant (also 16). She wasn't ready, i wasn't ready, our home lives were a mess, she was about to go into sixth form. I had just started a really good job, well paid for a 16 year old. We were not ready for a child, it wouldn't of been fair on the child. We stayed up all night and day discussing it, and came to the right conclusion in the end. My girlfriend went on to get an abortion. I have no regrets. I felt guilty at the time, but looking back it was completely the right thing to do.
Judge me all you like. I don't care. It's a woman's body, it's HER choice. It's NOT 'murder' either.
A very, very sad, dark day for the US.
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People shouldn't judge until they are in that position. As you said you did what was right for you all at the time. It doesn't sound like you made that decision lightly and the decision you made was for the right reasons.
When I was 16, 2 of my best friends got pregnant around the same time. They both came to speak to my mum about it (one's mum had passed away and one had abandoned her family). One kept the baby,one made the decision to terminate. My mum always said that the one who made the decision to terminate made the tougher,but ultimately fairer decision all round. The one who kept the baby was the one who had lost her mum very shortly before getting pregnant. She tried to replicate the mother/child bond instead of dealing with her grief. She spent years and years struggling for money and struggling with her mental health. It was very sad to watch.
I spent years and years (and thousands of pounds) struggling to have a child but I am absolutely pro-choice. Children are a blessing but they need love, nurture and a stable life in order to thrive. If that cannot be provided or they were conceived in a situation that is out of the control of the mother, then sometimes termination is the only option for some.
I don't believe in abortion as a form of contraception or late on in pregnancy (unless for dire medical reasons).