It's now easier to perform an abortion in the state of New York than to legally apply a tattoo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

Why are we taking an 18 year old so seriously? She likely is not even sexually active yet and has NO IDEA about how iffy birth control can be or what having a passionate relationship is like.

She has black and white thinking that is so easy to have when you haven't walked a mile on someone's shoes.

I can chat with whomever I desire to chat!

As a high school teachers who's taught many pregnant teens, I'd like to hear her opinion. Why should I shut down an 18 yo? And fwiw, middle school kids are often sexually active. It's not pretty. And there are PLENTY who have had worse experiences than you can ever imagine. Don't claim they themselves haven't walked a mile in someone's shoes. Some of them OWN the shoes.

and the irony! You're the one who's black and white b/c you stereotype our youth.

Let her talk!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I can chat with whomever I desire to chat!

As a high school teachers who's taught many pregnant teens, I'd like to hear her opinion. Why should I shut down an 18 yo? And fwiw, middle school kids are often sexually active. It's not pretty. And there are PLENTY who have had worse experiences than you can ever imagine. Don't claim they themselves haven't walked a mile in someone's shoes. Some of them OWN the shoes.

and the irony! You're the one who's black and white b/c you stereotype our youth.

Let her talk!

Oh dear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I can chat with whomever I desire to chat!

As a high school teachers who's taught many pregnant teens, I'd like to hear her opinion. Why should I shut down an 18 yo? And fwiw, middle school kids are often sexually active. It's not pretty. And there are PLENTY who have had worse experiences than you can ever imagine. Don't claim they themselves haven't walked a mile in someone's shoes. Some of them OWN the shoes.

and the irony! You're the one who's black and white b/c you stereotype our youth.

Let her talk!

Oh dear.

I know. Ridiculous PP teacher: no one is limiting this girl’s speech. Calm yourself. Some, like me, recognize the unpleasant combination of boundless certitude and extremely limited life experience in her smug comments. That’s all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

Catholic or Christian school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

Catholic or Christian school?

And what does your school teach re: sex and birth control?

Are you encouraged to go to anti-abortion protests?

[Anonymous]

Wait -- Catholics aren't Christian? Since when?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

Catholic or Christian school?

Christian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

Catholic or Christian school?

And what does your school teach re: sex and birth control?

Are you encouraged to go to anti-abortion protests?

My school doesn’t really teach about brith control, although we know what it is.

And no, we aren’t encouraged to attend protests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait -- Catholics aren't Christian? Since when?

There are Catholic schools...and there are "Christian" schools.

Some insights here:
https://christianchat.com/christian-family-forum/public-schooling-vs-christian-school-vs-catholic-school-vs-home-schooling.117244/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

Catholic or Christian school?

And what does your school teach re: sex and birth control?

Are you encouraged to go to anti-abortion protests?

My school doesn’t really teach about brith control, although we know what it is.

And no, we aren’t encouraged to attend protests.

Do they teach sex ed at all?

Do you think that they should teach about birth control?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I can chat with whomever I desire to chat!

As a high school teachers who's taught many pregnant teens, I'd like to hear her opinion. Why should I shut down an 18 yo? And fwiw, middle school kids are often sexually active. It's not pretty. And there are PLENTY who have had worse experiences than you can ever imagine. Don't claim they themselves haven't walked a mile in someone's shoes. Some of them OWN the shoes.

and the irony! You're the one who's black and white b/c you stereotype our youth.

Let her talk!

Oh dear.

I know. Ridiculous PP teacher: no one is limiting this girl’s speech. Calm yourself. Some, like me, recognize the unpleasant combination of boundless certitude and extremely limited life experience in her smug comments. That’s all.

Actually, her comments are not smug and well thought. Just because her views are different than yours, and because her age is different, there are no reason to shut her up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I can chat with whomever I desire to chat!

As a high school teachers who's taught many pregnant teens, I'd like to hear her opinion. Why should I shut down an 18 yo? And fwiw, middle school kids are often sexually active. It's not pretty. And there are PLENTY who have had worse experiences than you can ever imagine. Don't claim they themselves haven't walked a mile in someone's shoes. Some of them OWN the shoes.

and the irony! You're the one who's black and white b/c you stereotype our youth.

Let her talk!

Oh dear.

I know. Ridiculous PP teacher: no one is limiting this girl’s speech. Calm yourself. Some, like me, recognize the unpleasant combination of boundless certitude and extremely limited life experience in her smug comments. That’s all.

Actually, her comments are not smug and well thought. Just because her views are different than yours, and because her age is different, there are no reason to shut her up.

She is welcome to speak. The fact that you take her seriously is alarming. She is going to a sheltered school are hears no opposing ideas. She is too naive to realize that many of her teachers and relatives have had safe and legal abortion. They just don’t talk about it.

Once she becomes sexually active, she will just have to learn the hard way about life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.

So what does this say about their character? or really, human nature?

Most people are in self-preservation mode. Most are selfish. Most judge w/o having any true experience with a topic. The whole immigration thread is one such example. It's easy to judge when it doesn't directly impact you.

So you can be anti-abortion if you're not affected by an unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.

But even if this is human nature, there are still many who don't fit the mold for many reasons.

For one 15 yo who's negligent (and who knows why? impulsive? poor parenting? rebellious?), abortion may be the only answer. For another, keeping the child may be an option b/c she's seen others around her keep their babies. And although premarital sex is against her religion, she's keeping the baby b/c abortion goes against her religious beliefs too. Maybe she decided to initially keep the baby but at birth has a change of heart and opts to give the baby up.

I've taught MANY teens who decided to keep their babies, and for some, this decision negatively impacted their lives. For others, with loving support of extended family, the decision was fine. Most of the time, however, the father was absent.

I personally don't know how I feel about late-term abortions, however. I sometimes think this decision is a slippery slope, but I'm not my sister's keeper either.

Hello it’s the 18 year old again. I just want to say that since I’ve been a teen for a while now, I can understand what goes on in teen’s heads. There are teens who are negligent and impulsive and do things that they immediately regret. But something I’ve learned is that we always have a choice. I’ve known that everything I’ve done wrong was my own choice. It’d be easy for me to make up excuses but I know I have to take responsibility for my actions. After a certain age (probably like 7 or 8), I had a clear sense of what was right or wrong , and whether I was doing something that my parents wouldn’t approve of. I think sometimes, and it’s just my personal opinion, that people think teens don’t know if they’re doing something wrong. But anyways, I can’t speak for everyone, and people have different life situations and are educated differently, so it’s just my thoughts.

Why do you believe you were so self-aware at 7 or 8? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is rare based on what I've seen in the classroom over the 20+ years in education.

What were your parents like? Did they NOT helicopter you? Were you able to experience failing w/o having them swoop down to save you? Did they talk to you instead of AT you?

very curious about factors that shaped your perspective

The biggest factor that shaped my opinions, like abortion, would be my teachers. My school is mostly conservative so there’s not a lot of dissenting opinions. I read other comments saying that I have a very black and white view about stuff, and I guess you could say that it’s true. I guess I feel like most, not all, things like abortion are either good or bad. Anyways this is just to answer your questions about what factors shaped my perspective.

Catholic or Christian school?

And what does your school teach re: sex and birth control?

Are you encouraged to go to anti-abortion protests?

My school doesn’t really teach about brith control, although we know what it is.

And no, we aren’t encouraged to attend protests.

Do they teach sex ed at all?

Do you think that they should teach about birth control?

They teach basic sex ed. Most people already know how it works way before they teach it.

I think that they should teach about birth control methods and things like that, because it’s good to be informed. Of course, since their message is no premarital sex they don’t didsuss it much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) devices include IUDs and implants, like Nexplanon.

https://www.acog.org/Womens-Health/IUDs-and-Birth-Control-Implants

ACOG's Committee on Adolescent Health Care recommends LARCs as first line contraception for adolescents:

https://www.acog.org/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Adolescent-Health-Care/Adolescents-and-Long-Acting-Reversible-Contraception

AAP recommends LARCs as first line contraception for adolescents:

https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/AAP-Updates-Recommendations-on-Teen-Pregnancy-Prevention.aspx

Did you know that pro-life people consider the IUD a form of abortion?