What would YOU do? Just curious?

Question

If you got pregnant and there were numerous reasons for you NOT wanting the baby what would you do? Would you keep it, put it up for adoption, or have an abortion? Now please don't jump to conclusions, I'm just curious. What do you think is morally right?

Answer 1

Well I would think about everything for awhile, I wouldn't get an abortion, because I know someone who did and they wish they could change it everyday!  I would definitely keep the baby, it's only right if ya think about it because it was your decision to do it, not that little innocent baby, thats the way I would look at it if it were me=)

Answer 2

Having a child and not wanting it for whatever the reasons may be is never a good decision in my opinion Don't you let anybody pass judgment on your decision; after all you are the one that will be parenting this child for the rest of your life. I honestly do not believe that the majority of women that have abortions actually want to do so. I think they do so because they know that they are not ready for whatever the reasons to have a child. It is an option that allows you to put this pregnancy behind you without the wondering everytime you see a child on the street. For me personally, although the decision would be a well thought out one and not an easy one I would opt for an abortion. I would say I have very good morals and ethics, but I also realize that accidents do happen and the damage that is often done by an unwanted pregnancy outweighs any other decision. Good luck to you!!!!

Answer 3

Keep it, anything else is irresponsible and unethical.

Answer 4

I am sorry but even with my great imagination I cannot imagine not wanting my child. I would not abort and could not ever allow someone else to raise my child

Answer 5

I have actually been in this position (right now in fact) and I will get lots of thumbs down for my answer because of the people on here.

I have two kids and got accepted to Uni in my dream course at 31. So my partner and I decided that another child would just be too hard. I made an appointment with my Gyno to get "fixed" and he informed me that I was 8 weeks pregnant, I am infertile and needed lots of help to fall pregnant the other two times (and two miscarriages also), I cried.....and cried. But I am pro choice, I had all the prenatal testing (which I never had with my other two kids because I would have kept them what ever the outcome) and it has all come back clear and fine, so I am having a third child.....many a time have I thought "I wish I had terminated" because it is just so hard for me and my life to cope with this.

I think in my situation that your own morals and ethics come into play not anyone else's, this is a decision that nobody else can even have a say in I am afraid.

I am also adopted and not all adoptions turn out well either. People need to stop pushing their own morals and ethics on others.

Answer 6

I won't kill the baby! The only reason I wouldn't keep the child is if I don't have the money to support it! If I didnt have the money to support it then I would put it up for adoption only because I want the best for my child.

Answer 7

well, I think that adoption is the best choice. You will not feel guilty perhaps your whole life, because you will know that you gave a loving couple a child that they could never have on their own. you could turn this situation into a blessing for someone else.  

Answer 8

I got pregnant while using birth control.  It was a shock and I didn't think I was ready.  I considered abortion, but couldn't get any further then just thinking the word, I just couldn't do it.  I don't judge people who do it, I just couldn't do it myself.

I researched adoption and seriously considered it for several months.  It seemed like a good option for me.  In the end though, I ended up keeping my little one.  Things are hard, I don't qualify for any help at all and things get tight (for example, I have to go to work for the next for days, I don't get paid until Friday, I have almost no gas in my car, my credit card is maxed out, I have $7 in my checking account and the plasma center doesn't open again until Tuesday, I have no idea what I'm going to do, but that's beside the point).  It's not easy and sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice, but everyone has to make choices and we just have to pray we make the right ones.

Answer 9

Keep the baby.  I would consider adoption if I really couldn't handle the baby.  Adoption is a beautiful thing!  Now it's very acceptable to have open adoptions where you are a part of your babies life but the people who adopted the baby act as parents.  

Answer 10

Hmmm, that is a tricky question. I know that now if I got pregnant I would keep it as I am 26 and married (and want kids one day), so there would be no reason for me not to. The only reason now that I may have an abortion is if I were told that the baby had something severely wrong with it and would be in pain its whole life. Touch wood I hope I'll never have to make that choice. I don't know what I would have done had I got pregnant as a teenager. I wasn't sexually active until I was almost 18, so I couldn't have been a pregnant 13 year old or anything, and I'm lucky that I have a great family who (while my mum would have been horrified if I'd had a baby at 18!) would have helped me with a baby. So I probably would have kept it, but as it didn't happen I guess it's hard to say for definite. I am not against abortion when the baby is going to have a difficult life if it is kept. Some teens have awful lives themselves, and introducing a baby to it isn't going to help anyone. The ideal I suppose would be for them to give the baby up for adoption, but that would mean they would have to let people know they were pregnant and I can understand how that could be difficult for some people. Plus, not all adoptions are successful. I don't know, people just have to do what they feel is best for them and the baby at that time.

Answer 11

keep it