If you were raped and got pregnant, would you get an abortion, put it up for adoption, or keep the baby?
The Obvious asked:
I’ve always wondered this. Since i’m a teenager, i know that having a baby can ruin your childhood and ur chances of an education and doing sports and stuff. But i wouldn’t want to get an abortion because any baby deserves to live and i would feel guilty for the rest of my life but it wasn’t your fault. And if you keep you’ll be reminded of being rape and idk about adoption.
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I’ve always wondered this. Since i’m a teenager, i know that having a baby can ruin your childhood and ur chances of an education and doing sports and stuff. But i wouldn’t want to get an abortion because any baby deserves to live and i would feel guilty for the rest of my life but it wasn’t your fault. And if you keep you’ll be reminded of being rape and idk about adoption.
what would you do.?
April 9th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
i’m not a girl, but i would get an abortion. you would look at the baby and every time you do, you would think back to the time you got raped, and you would hate it.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
I would go through with the birth and put it up for adoption.
April 12th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I would do the same as you. Depending how old I was, I would either keep the baby or give him/her up for adoption. I could never punish an innocent person, no matter how terrible their father was.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:44 am
You would not want to walk around with a reminder of the worst thing that happend to you in your live.
I don’t like abortions but that is a reason i would make an exception for sure!!
April 16th, 2009 at 4:51 am
I don’t think I can answer that question unless it really happened to me. I can speculate about what I think I might do, but until it really happens I don’t know how I would be able to handle it.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:23 am
This is a hard one… if I was a teen I would have probably given it up for adoption… but now that I’m married and have my own baby on the way I honestly have no idea what I would do… I think about this often actually because I know if I carried it full-term I would want to keep it because of the bond you feel for your baby, but I wouldn’t want to keep it because I’m afraid I wouldn’t love it as much as I love the baby my husband and I created, and on the other hand I am not ok with abortions but rape is one case where I think it is ok but I just don’t know if I would be able to have an abortion….
I do have to say I am VERY thankful for young mother who do get raped and decide to not have an abortion… my husbands mother was raped when she was 17 and she decided to keep him and now I have the love of my life…
I know it doesn’t really answer your question but its just my thoughts about each of the options
April 19th, 2009 at 4:52 am
It’s just too much of a personal decision to listen to what others would do…they aren’t the person experiencing it. Too many variables go into it, the person’s own beliefs about abortion, their life situation, their age, if they could carry the baby to give up for adoption, etc.
People can easily say what they would do, but until they are actually in that situation and going through it themselves, who know what they’d really do? It’s all just speculation until then.
I think I would carry the baby to term and give it up for adoption.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
well really, i wouldn’t want to suffer the consequences of having a baby as a teen when it wasn’t even your fault. It is honestly too much work for someone so young, it’d ruin your reputation. I wouldn’t get an abortion in any other situation, but this one probably.
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:14 am
i could never murder a baby….. i would have it and put it up for adoption…. maybe even keep it.
April 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
i would keep the baby b/c that baby that’s growing inside of you is a part of you also…to me its like killing a part of you…
April 26th, 2009 at 9:26 am
i could never have an abortion, just because well.. i just couldnt do that.
however, in the instance of rape, i think if the girl wants to have an abortion i wouldnt look down on it.
as far as im concerned–it is up to the individual
April 26th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Well I have been raped and luckily I did not become pregnant. I would put the baby up for adoption if I was young but now I would probably keep it or put it up for adoption. It would be hard but it was not the babies fault. With all bad things you can find something good.Just my opinion though.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:08 am
I’ve thought about this a lot, especially since I’ve dealt with infertility for years….its a really tough question. I would never abort it, I am completely and totally against abortion no matter what the circumstance.
However, to keep him/her or to give him/her away? It would be a constant reminder of what happened, however I could not punish the child especially if I could give him/her a good home… In the end, I believe I would keep the baby.