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Old 27-02-2007, 07:49 PM #5
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At this present moment in time what would most likely happen to me is to become a teenage mother myself. That's a really difficult question to answer, in terms of what I'd do. It depends a great deal on circumstances when it happened, and what your intentions for the future were.

For me personally I'd try my best not to get myself into a careless situation in the first place, because of course in a relationship people tend to take precautions (and of course I'd do the same). Lots of people get drunk at parties, and the key is to avoid getting yourself in a sticky situation at one of these i.e. try not to get so drunk that someone would take advantage of you and otherwise, keep your willpower, stay strong and say NO to someone who tries to force you into something you don't want.

Failing that, if I personally did get pregnant I couldn't have an abortion. I hear of many cases where young girls come to have abortions etc. and are absolutely devastated - some of the cases are beyond upsetting. They just can't cope with raising a baby, the financial aspect, but for me I'd hope to get support off my family. Unfortunately for me, my parents wouldn't necessarily be as supportive about this as others; obviously they would be eventually but the whole thing would be just as much disheartening and a shock for them.

But I’d keep my baby regardless of the relationship I had with the baby’s father – I couldn’t abort a living thing that starts moving etc. inside the womb after only a few weeks… I wouldn’t be selfish and put myself first. That's a personal decision, however, and of course as I mentioned previously the circumstances matter a great deal. Obviously at this stage in my life I have future plans, but I could perhaps get on with that after putting maternal duties first.
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