what will u suggest to your friend about the abortion?
By qoo_rie
@qoo_rie (428)
Indonesia
April 25, 2007 12:32pm CST
i know seems there are pro n cont about this. my question here if there are one of your friend asking u about should or not she doing an abortion... what will u answer? or what will u suggest.
Cause i know in my heart i should forbid her to do such a thing but on the other hand, i know raising a child without any preparation would be so wrong too. well somehow i believe when the baby is not wanted, it gonna affect the psychis condition, i already seen it... but then i feel very guilty to see that see gonna do that abortion.. i just don't have anything to help her.. so sad... need an advice here........ thx
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13 responses
@xiqechill (238)
• Indonesia
7 May 07
if she is my friend, i will check the personality and quality of her life before giving advice.
if she's not srong enough, i will tell her to do the abortion,
it's cruel, but it's crueler to let the baby lives in this wicked world without a strong mother who is able to protect him.
but, if she's strong, patient, and also have a good financial plan, why doesn't she has the baby? no father, that would be just fine, as long as she's got her best mother, wouldn't it?
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@xiqechill (238)
• Indonesia
17 May 07
Feeling guilty is a must, that's what you earn for what you did. maybe, if she should do the abortion, let's take the positive thinking, that it's the best way for two of them.
because if the baby were born and the mommy weren't able to support the baby financially and psycholigically, that would just worsen the situation. and that would be the situation where the mum said "i should have never born you", and the child will be very hurt inside her heart and we wouldn't know what would the child do after she heard those words.
@amydawn11 (906)
• Canada
25 Apr 07
Well no one can tell her what to do, She will have to make that decision for herself. I don't agree with abortion, I knew a girl who wasen't sure if she wanted one or not and waited until the last possible minute to do it, she was showing and everything. I thought that was awful, then a year later she got pregnant with another guy and kept that baby. Why don't you suggest adoption, I know that it would be hard to do but then there would be no abortion and that baby could go to a family that could give it a great life. There is no shame in doing that, i think it is one the most unselfish things to do and someday she could explain why she decided to give the baby up for adoption. I got pregnant at 17 and kept my daughter, i felt that I got myself into this mess and now I have to be responsible and do whats right. We all make mistakes but tell her to do the right thing.adoption or keep it.
@qoo_rie (428)
• Indonesia
26 Apr 07
Hm.. yep i already told her like that. i support her no matter what she choose.
things going uncontrol when u don't have any money to take care the pregnancy..
she couldn't ask her parents for the money.... T_T so sad.. n i haven't heard any news from her... 2 days...
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@GloomCookieLex (6073)
• United States
26 Apr 07
The main question you have to ask is whether she doesn't want to raise it or doesn't want to carry it. Abortion solves unwanted pregnancy. Adoption solves unwanted parenthood. If she doesn't want to carry it in the first palce, then she should get an abortion. But if she wouldn't mind carrying it, then she can put it up for adoption. But you also have to concider the fact that the adoption system is sh*t right now and there are already hundreds of thousands of children who have no home and no family and putting a baby up for adoption would probably be taking a home away from another child who is already in the system.
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@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
25 Apr 07
I had a close friend who got pregnant in high school. I told her to follow her heart. She decided to abort, more her father's decision than anyone else's. I was there for her and was a shoulder to cry on. Who knows if it was the right decision or not but it didn't work out with the father and she would have been a young single mother without the support of her parents. It would have been a tough road to be on. So my opinion on the subject is that you should just be there for her to lean on and talk to. Friends are what she needs.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
25 Apr 07
Well, I would try to visit the idea of adoption with her first. If she for sure knows she doesn't want to raise the baby, or can't raise the baby, then maybe she could think about putting the baby up for adoption and giving it a chance at a good life. But if she really wants the abortion I would stand by her and support her. It is her body and her baby. I agree with you that she shouldn't keep the baby if she doesn't want it.
@qoo_rie (428)
• Indonesia
26 Apr 07
whaw thanks... i never think about the adoption, but it's a complicated things. she do really want to keep the baby, the problem here is she can't cover the spent through her pregnancy, n nobody wants to hire preggy there, she loves the baby... she even already read it books.. :) but things are going complicated... n yep i just told her whatever u do... i'm sure i'm gonna be on her side.. maybe i against the abortion, but i never against her.. thx
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@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
26 Apr 07
One time I would sit with her and discuss while no one is around to interrupt. Talk to her about the pros and cons of abortion. That adoption is a good option to use. Let her know that no matter what she decides that you will be there for her. It is a big decision and a hard decision for a women to make. She needs to make sure that whatever decision she makes is the right one for her so she has no regrets.
@us2owls (1681)
• United States
26 Apr 07
You know what is in your heart but what you feel may not be right for your friend. I think I would tell her that it is a very personal decision and one that she must make for herself but that I would be there to stand by her no matter what her decision is.
@RookRocks (381)
• Philippines
12 May 07
That's a thought-provoking question, and a difficult one. It is difficult to suggest anything as your friend obviously seek confirmation from you on what she should do, and that you hold the life of the baby in your hands. I suppose it will always depend on the situation. I will always however try to convince her to do otherwise and pursue with the pregnancy. Or at least try to clear up all other options. Perhaps she was not thinking rightly and it is up to me to logically argue the situation.
But if she was really determined to have an abortion and is just asking for confirmation or support from me, then I will support her on her decision.
@kiukitsu (291)
• Philippines
26 Apr 07
I'm not a pro or anti abortion. For me, it really depends on the situation whether the abortion is right or wrong. But in general, the abortion itself is wrong. Abortion is not easy so we can't judge the person who did it coz i know she doesn't want it too but she thinks that this is the best. Well, i know someone who really did't care when she aborted her child, I think she found it exciting and fun when she saw how the abortion was made. Going back, when a girl aborted her child, maybe she thinks that it is the best way, it's better to abort the child instead of making the child live a miserable life. But yeah, there is an adoption. I really don't know. What i know is that we don't have the right to judge the person if she aborted the child coz that situation is also a difficult one.