Teen Pregnancy—Not On Your Own Terms

Pregnancy is a beautiful and natural part of life. When two adults in love decide to have a child together, the end result is positive for all involved, for both the parents and the baby. However, when teen pregnancy happens by chance, the consequences are generally negative more often than not. Most teenagers, kids themselves, are not prepared to handle the responsibility of being a parent. In order to prevent teen pregnancy, young adults must be made to understand what the consequences of their actions are.

A Complicated Choice

Teen pregnancy typically begins with one choice: that of whether or not to have an abortion. Since 1981, teenagers in most states are required to have parental permission before obtaining one. Regardless of whether you have permission or not, this is a choice that most adult women, not to mention teenagers, consider long and hard. Whatever you choose, you will likely deal with the emotional ramifications for the rest of your life.

If you decide that abortion is the best thing for you, it is important to find a doctor that will perform the operation in a safe and sterile office. After the operation, many girls seek counseling in order to sort out their emotions. However, an abortion effectively ends 33% of all teen pregnancies every year. After the operation, the teen’s pregnancy is over.

About Adoption

The decision not to have an abortion only leads to yet another decision—whether or not to put the child up for adoption. This is a great option because it provides couples struggling to have children with a baby, and it provides the baby with capable, loving parents. Many girls are forced into this choice by their parents or by self-pressure.

Yet, for someone going through a teen pregnancy, this decision can be just as difficult to make as that of an abortion. After carrying a baby inside of you for nine months, giving it up to someone else is a very difficult thing to do.

Not An Easy Way Out

Deciding not to put a baby up for adoption leaves only one remaining choice: to keep the baby and raise it. Some may see this is taking the easy way out, but anyone experiencing a teen pregnancy will say otherwise. Juggling the responsibilities of school and parenting and work is hardly easy. While some girls may have help from their boyfriends or mothers, other girls are completely on their own.

The Decision That Never End

Teenage pregnancy is all about decisions. The decision about whether or not to have an abortion, whether or not to put the child up for adoption, whether or not to finish high school, whether or not to get a job, whether or not to live with parents—the decisions never seem to end!

 

 

 

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