<p>It's an interesting situation... Out of curiosity what do people here think of situations like this and of the people in them? Perceptions of the father and mother? Is abortion okay? Also do your schools have high rates of teenage pregnancy and such? Just out of curiosity...</p>
<p>well one of my friend’s sister’s friend is like pregnant. I actually its good for her since she actually got her life back on track after she got pregnant. The dad used to be a drug user, but also got his life back together. So its actually not that bad. She’s going away to university next year and her parents are helping them with the baby.</p>
<p>Hmm…I think the question of abortion being moral has been argued for a while. As far as high rates of teenage pregnancy in the U.S., I’m baffled. With all of the birth control we have you would think people would use it! Seriously, I can understand why other countries might find themselves in these situations, but for us to be in this position is unfortunate. I don’t believe in abortion unless the process is going to affect the mother in a negative way(ex: life altering or death) or if the situation occured because of rape. Other than that, they essentially willingly chose, or at least could have realized that pregnancy could occur. For this reason, I find the situation unfortunate, but the teenage parents need to take responsibilty for their actions. Of course, this is solely my belief and is foredoomed to opposition.</p>
<p>I have no real opinion on it.
However, a law should be made that makes saying “preggers” illegal.</p>
<p>I strongly dislike that show.</p>
<p>I’ve known one pregnant girl before, but I haven’t talked to her since. Therefore, I can not comment on situations or parents perceptions. I don’t think abortion is right. If you are going to have a child and know you want to finish high school and go to college, give it up for adoption. There is a loving family out there, for sure, that will adopt it. It doesn’t have to be “closed.” Though I think not being closed would be weird.</p>
<p>My school, from what I’ve noticed, has about one female pregnant every year. I don’t think that is very high, is it?</p>
<p>//There is a loving family out there, for sure, that will adopt it.//</p>
<p>not always</p>
<p>Yay for the human gene pool?</p>
<p>I don’t believe abortion is okay, unless in the situations Wartsandall described. My religion teacher last year argued very much against abortion being okay in the case of rape-she thinks it isn’t. But I couldn’t bring myself to agree with her. </p>
<p>I find it to be a terrible situation, but for some people it might not be so bad. I’ve never known anyone in that situation, but it can’t be easy. But if the girl realizes somewhere in there that she wants to be a mother, then, well…</p>
<p>In the area where I live, it’s like girls get pregnant just by even looking at a guy - pretty baffling, if you ask me. One of my friends got pregnant last year and just had a child few months ago, which took me by complete surprise. She’s doing fine and even attends school and seems happy. I think it’s just too easy to go demean or berate someone for getting pregnant (esp. if they’re a teenager). Everyone has something negative to say (although there isn’t anything too positive about unexpected pregnancies). I personally try my best to be open-minded and try not judging someone on what they did, but rather what they will do to make the situation the best it can be and hopefully turn things around. </p>
<p>I’m mostly against abortion. There is a certain level of responsibility one has to take for their carelessness, unless you’re talking about extreme situations, such as rape, I guess then it is somewhat understandable. Then me being a vegan sympathizer and everything, the idea of killing any unborn child makes me feel a little uneasy.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, that’s definitely not always true. Especially if your baby is an African American male. Or has any sort of disability.
(That is supposed to be pointing to generallyrong’s post stating that there isn’t always a loving family just waiting to adopt your baby.)</p>
<p>Some interesting things I’ve found out about abortion&adoption lately are that most women who have abortions already have children and that many women feel more guilty about giving their child up for adoption than having an abortion. (as per ‘I Would Want to Give My Child, Like, Everything in the World:’ How Issues of Motherhood Influence Women Who Have Abortions)</p>
<p>There was a girl who was pregnant at my school last year and it sort of freaked me out. I can’t really explain it, but when I saw her I thought about how her whole life was about to change. Maybe it just freaked me out because she was so young and small.
One of my sister’s friends was pregnant. Really early on, before she knew what she would do, before she had even begun to show, she miscarried, which was really hard for her. She was a nice girl.</p>
<p>I guess I don’t really have any perceptions. I just wonder. I mean, in some cases I probably would. When I was a sophomore this girl got pregnant who slept around a bit and was apparently so drug-addled that she didn’t realize she was pregnant for months. If I had known her, I would have certainly had thoughts about that. The little bits I’ve heard about the fathers usually give me negative ideas about them, because usually they aren’t taking any sort of responsibility.
I’m basically for the legality of abortion. It seems incredibly wrong to me that a woman could be forced to carry a child she did not want by the government. There are some exceptions where I get a bit confused. Eg: in 8th grade, we reviewed this supreme court case where a husband and a wife conceived purposely, but the wife decided she wanted to have an abortion. We were in groups, and I know my (mostly female) group said the woman should have to carry the baby to term, as did the majority of the class. But the ruling had been that she didn’t. It makes sense of course, as, again, the government shouldn’t be forcing a woman to carry a child, but it still felt like a bit of a tragedy that the father, her husband, could lose his child and have no say in the matter.
Outside of legality, I’m 100% for the reduction of the need for abortion. I think it starts with education, but really, it’s about making it easier for women to take care of their children, all through their lives. Again, according to the study I mentioned above, a primary reason women have abortions is that they want to be good mothers, at the present moment or in the future. While plenty of anti-abortion activists propose free prenatal care and the like, the cost of raising a child for 18 years is likely the greater concern, especially since most women who have abortions have children and therefore know something about the financial toll. Education can likely greatly reduce the number of abortions teens have (I’ve heard that as many as half of all teen pregnancies end in abortion) but most abortions are had by adult women, mothers. Changing our view of who has abortions and why those women have them is the best way to start reducing the numbers.</p>
<p>I am not the least bit opposed to abortion. However, the issue of unwanted pregnancy baffles me as well. It’s a result of poor education, misinformation, misuse (which ties in with the former two), laziness, difficulty of obtaining contraceptives, and personal judgement. That’s where the problem lies.</p>
<p>I don’t see why anyone would be against teaching safe sex… this isn’t the 15th century, unmarried teens are going to be having sex. Better to educate them on how to be safe then wind up with a pregnant teen</p>
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<p>They are all dumb rednecks whom I have no sympathy for. Seriously, every single person in that show is unbearable.</p>
<p>The funniest episode of this show was when the guy decided to buy an Xbox 360 and a bunch of games rather than a new apartment.</p>
<p>I actually agree with haters. Not to sound elitist but I totally look down on pregnant teen girls and their baby daddies. And not gonna like, if I got pregnant in HS, not that I ever would, I’d totally have an abortion.</p>
<p>Why can’t teenagers these days just keep it in their pants? I mean, 16? It’s freakin’ ridiculous.</p>
<p>Have you watched the show? Chicks that get pregnant at 1 are either-</p>
<p>a. Mentally ■■■■■■■■. Extremely low IQ. No brains.<br>
b. Rednecks. (The part that 16 and Preg covers.)
c. Ghetto chicks.</p>
<p>There might be some rare other instances but those 3 classifications hit 99.9% of pregnant girls.</p>
<p>A lot of these girls have mothers who are at a point in their lives when they know they will lose their daughters soon. Their mothers are usually single or have disfunctional marriages and have limited social skills and education. The grandmother role obligates the daughter and keeps her dependent. Welfare can provide income or not. Often these women send a subtle message to their daughters, telling them they will stand behind them, always be there etc before they are pregnant. The daughters don’t see the trap and they don’t think of it as such. Another female led family, formed so grandmother wouldn’t be alone.</p>
<p>Actually the 16-and-pregnant concept applies to many different countries that are just as or even more developed than america, contrary to what someone posted before. europe’s rate was staggering, i remember. i thought, WHAT O_O i forget if it was as high as america’s but i do know it was in quite a close range. </p>
<p>but on the idea of abortion. ok let me enlighten you all with a little book i call freakonomics. maybe someone mentioned this before, i don’t care. it has a good point. people who want abortions often do it because they know they can’t handle taking care of a new baby. these people are smart. there are people who think they can handle it. if they can handle it, then i guess they’re smart too (especially the girl who shaped up her life as someone mentioned before.)</p>
<p>but the thing is, when you take away abortion, you get babies born into families that can’t take care of them properly. you get babies that grow up in unhealthy unstable environments that end up becoming criminals or end up in reform school. i think that’s easy to comprehend. they COULD give their baby up for adoption, but the adoption system in the US isnt entirely effective because not everyone wants to adopt a baby. what happens when no one wants the baby? the baby grows up in an unhealthy unstable environment, not unlike what would happen if it weren’t given up for adoption, and end up in reform schools (seriously, like half the people sent to reform schools are orphans, compared to the 2% orphan population in america) Then they become criminals.</p>
<p>Back in the 70s when abortion was still banned, there were debates over whether it should be allowed. as america gradually grew into abortion, crime rates began to drop. it’s not because america’s morals suddenly decided to grow another brain, but because the brains of criminals were aborted before they could kill other brains. see the logic?</p>
<p>anyways.
george carlin quote: Why is that when it’s a human, it’s an abortion, but when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?</p>
<p>d. Reach puberty between 6 and 9 months old</p>