What would you do?

[5,5]

Seeing how mostly everybody on this forum is young enough where we aren't trying to have kids, if you were to get a girl pregnant/get pregnant at this moment in your life, what would you do? Keep it, abort it, or put it up for adoption?

I'd probably keep it because I think even though it would be very hard, I'd be able to care for it and keep it healthy and all that. Or at least I'd try my hardest, and I know I'd have the help of the mother, family, and friends.

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[Samantha.]

I would keep it, I think it's definitely wrong to abort it. I would just try my best to look after it and try and stay at college and work extra hours to provide for the baby but I would have the help from other aswell.

[cocaine]

abort it for sureee if it was born it wouldnt be rasied properly etc etc

[FlyingJesus]

Prob try to sell it

[Stephen]

id shoot the little bugger

[LoveToStack]

Abort it if I was the girl, but in my current position as a man I'd persuade her to abort it somehow. I can see why people want to keep them for the sentimental value etc bla bla bla, but by having a kid as a teenager you're essentially cutting about 18 years out of your life that you could be spending having fun doing other things than raising a child.
Not that I don't want kids at some point, just not in the prime of my life.

[Mathew]

Well, Bruno would swap it for an iPod :P

I really wouldn't want a child right now so I'd probably abort it. Once a child comes along, you're tied to certain things which aren't really intended for young people to deal with (mentally and physically); enjoy your youth while you have it! However I don't agree with abortion once you're old enough to look after it. I don't agree with adoptions either, children should stay with their parents in my opinion. It's not the right life for someone if you've been adopted.

[buttons]

oh prob just kill myself, 100% against abortion (oh wait) but wouldn't want to go through a pregnancy and put my plans on hold for a baby i'm just giving away, i don't want one so young cause i got my life planned out init
dw though never gonna happen i'm celibate aka can't get laid, no-one would even rape me

[Jamesy]

Let the mother make a decision and support what she chooses.

[chantellehugs]

I'd probably abort it, because I feel if I had a child at this age I'd mess up my future. I have plans for what I want to do when I'm older, and I don't think I could give them up.
I think I'd end up blaming the child eventually for me not achieving my ambitions, which is wrong, and I wouldn't be able to care for it properly anyway.

[Shar]

I'd keep it. I wouldn't mind starting a family right now to be honest, but I won't ever start one without financial security.

[Gibs960]

Swap it for a westlife CD :D Little Britain :) Erm... well I'm 11 so I wouldn't get anyone pregnant but if I was say 17, I would probably abort it, although I don't wanna have sex until I'm ready to look after the child....

[Lindsey]

Awwwwwwwwwh, thats soo nice (: +Rep, for that, <3 ;

++ i strongly disapprove of Abortions.. :) so i guess i'd keep it, or if i was unable to take care of it, try and find a good family in adoption (: so they could care for it better than me. xo

[Becca]

I wouldn't keep it, can't stand kids to be honest.

[Special]

Seeing how mostly everybody on this forum is young enough where we aren't trying to have kids, if you were to get a girl pregnant/get pregnant at this moment in your life, what would you do? Keep it, abort it, or put it up for adoption?

I'd probably keep it because I think even though it would be very hard, I'd be able to care for it and keep it healthy and all that. Or at least I'd try my hardest, and I know I'd have the help of the mother, family, and friends.

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you're saying this like you're the girl having the baby lol

so with that being said, i don't know - the majority of the vote would be down to the girl giving birth

[5,5]

you're saying this like you're the girl having the baby lol

so with that being said, i don't know - the majority of the vote would be down to the girl giving birth

Hah, well the baby would be just as much mine as hers?

[flatface]

i'd deffo keep it, no doubt about that

[Alexx..]

I couldn't abort it, it'd kill me to do so. So i'd probably like put it up for adoption or something. I don't want kids in the future either.

[Camy]

I wouldn't keep it, can't stand kids to be honest.

This ^^

I can understand why people don't want to abort babies, but they don't develop a conscience till like 30 weeks or something? (i believe?) so its not a big deal to me if they get aborted. Millions of 'possible' lives are naturally lost through menstruation anyway.

[,Lexiilu]

Awwwwwwwwwh, thats soo nice (: +Rep, for that, <3 ;

++ i strongly disapprove of Abortions.. :) so i guess i'd keep it, or if i was unable to take care of it, try and find a good family in adoption (: so they could care for it better than me. xo

that's what i would do too

don't have the heart to abort, it's too horrid. i wouldn't want to give it up but it would be so hard to keep at my age so i don't know. one of those two :)

[gangstaagent1]

This ^^

I can understand why people don't want to abort babies, but they don't develop a conscience till like 30 weeks or something? (i believe?) so its not a big deal to me if they get aborted. Millions of 'possible' lives are naturally lost through menstruation anyway.

When the lives are lost through menstruation the cell is technically not alive. However when they abort there is a living soul inside the womb. This is murder so obviously I couldn't stand getting a kid aborted. One of my best friends at the age of 16 has had a few abortions and I just find myself not ok with the thought.. If I had a child at this age, I would support it, do the best I can. I have a job so I should put all my money towards it? If I'm not able to support it then put it up for adoption... 100% against the abortion subject.. It's just like murder...

[-:Undertaker:-]

Abort the baby provided it was in the first weeks and much below the current abortion limit, the limit at the moment allows babies to be pulled out screaming from the womb - a quick search on google and you can read horrific accounts (including pictures) of aborted babies screaming as they die.

[FlyingJesus]

When the lives are lost through menstruation the cell is technically not alive. However when they abort there is a living soul inside the womb. This is murder so obviously I couldn't stand getting a kid aborted. One of my best friends at the age of 16 has had a few abortions and I just find myself not ok with the thought.. If I had a child at this age, I would support it, do the best I can. I have a job so I should put all my money towards it? If I'm not able to support it then put it up for adoption... 100% against the abortion subject.. It's just like murder...

That depends on what stage you would call it alive. It takes a few weeks for a brain to develop, and at 24 weeks (the legal maximum before an abortion is no longer an option) they cannot feel pain. The point at which people believe a foetus is a conscious being ranges from immediate conception to the actual birth, so you can't throw the word "obvious" around in such a discussion.

[Samantha]

I wouldn't abort a baby. Just wouldn't wouldn't wouldn't no question.
But if I got pregnant at an early age, I would suffer terribly, I've only just turned legal a couple of months ago, most of my school year lost their virginity at about 14-15. Only about 6 out of 30 in my maths class were still pure, me being one of them.

Anyhow, my parents would be fuming at me, but they also wouldn't let me get pregnant. My mum said as soon as I'm 16 I'm going on the pill, I was taken aback by this, and I was like no I'm not.
1. I can't swallow tablet's properly
2. I'm not ready for sex
3. I'd rather wait until the right one

Back with the question. I would keep it, but I have no idea if I would be able to look after it, as I'd be in college and my parents don't work.

[Gemma]

Abort it :(

[Colossus]

I'd keep it. Aborting it would make me regret it for the rest of my life.