When a woman is pregnant, she has two basic choices: to remain pregnant or not. For those who choose to remain pregnant, there are a further two choices: to raise and parent the resulting child themselves or to place the resulting child up for adoption.
Parenting is a good choice if you:
- feel that you are up to it
- believe you can offer all of the financial and emotional support for *at least* the next 18 years (though everyone that I know who has planned a child has said that you should budget for 30 years since it is taking longer and longer for children to leave the nest).
- believe that you can parent to the best of your abilities
- are ready to curtail your personal behaviors in order to produce the best environment possible for the resulting child's growth
- are committed to providing every educational opportunity for the resulting child
- are in a safe, loving relationships with those closest to you
- are ready to protect and nurture the resulting child
adoption is a good choice if you:
- wish to remain pregnant
- cannot provide financially or emotionally for the resulting child you are determined to have
- believe that adoption is a good option for you and for the resulting child
- are willing to commit to receiving care and nutritious food for the duration of the pregnancy
- are willing to go through labor and delivery
- are willing to go through the adoption process
- are able to give the resulting child up upon successful birth
abortion is a good choice if you:
- believe you have the right to make that choice
- do not wish to remain pregnant
- cannot commit to curtailing risky/unhealthy behaviors during the course of the pregnancy
- cannot commit to obtaining care and nutritious foods
- cannot physically remain pregnant (your health and life depend on you .Not being pregnant)
- cannot commit to going through labor and delivery
the bottom line for any woman facing this situation is that it is her decision and hers alone to make. If an abortion coincides with her personal beliefs and she feels, for whatever reason, that she cannot continue the pregnancy, then she should consider obtaining an abortion. If the woman does not believe in an abortion, she should most likely consider her other options. No one wants any woman to regret .A.N.Y reproductive decision she makes. No one wants women to regret an abortion and no one definitely wants women to regret having children. As with any other major life decision, there are people who regret both decisions.