Why do women decide to get an abortion?

Its as simple as what the other 2 said, teens who aren’t ready. They can’t support and take care of a baby since they have too much to deal with as is, so an abortion is the best option to get out of it. I don’t care what people think, abortion is good, if these young girls who are getting knocked up can’t have an abortion, we will end up with many babies being neglected since young girls are unable of properly caring for a child while taking care of themselves as well.

okay so I am 16 and I got an abortion a few days ago. and what these people are saying are the reasons why I got one. im to young, im not ready to devote my life to a child. im still a child. and having a baby for me at this age I don’t know if I could emotionaly take it. I wanna be in the medical field when I graduate, and having this baby would have made much more difficult for me to do so asit is already. now I understand where you come from by abortions are bad and everything but when you are pregnant your not yourself anymore everything in your body is changing so fast. and im 16! my body is not fully devopled. you just got to put yourself in thaat persons shoes and relieze having this abotion is the best she can do for herself her baby and the baby’s father.

I agree with the posts above me, however I want to point out that it isn’t only teens that get abortions. I live in a country rife with poverty and starvation and women often get raped and fall pregnant and have no other option but to abortion the baby. They are not able to get proper pre-natal care, are starving themselves and in many cases adoption just isn’t an option for their babies. Even if they get pregnant while having consensual sex, abortion is just sometimes the better option for them.

In other situations women accidentally fall pregnant, even though being on birth control. I believe that if you did take adequate steps to protect yourself and an accident did happen that you do have a right to an abortion.

Also there are situations where the baby will be physically handicapped or mentally disabled. In those situations I also believe that the mother should have the option available to her of what to do with her body.

Also from my personal pro-choice perspective I am more in favour of the life of the mother. It still remains her body and her choice what to do with it. Not all women do have abortions because they don’t have any other options, some have them because the simply don’t want to be put up with a child or go through pregnancy or birth. I personally would have an abortion if I fell pregnant, I do not want to go through pregnancy or birth and find the whole situation more than just moderately disgusting.

Basically the point I am trying to make is that there are too many situations out there to be considered and without living the person having the abortion’s life we cannot judge or condemn.

a lot of teens get abortions because they think there too young to handle a baby, and there not ready for it, might be still at school. think about education, nappies, food its not cheap! Some people are afraid and others dont think there ready

this is to the sunshine person…I disagree with you totally beCause true you are 16 and your to young for a baby but you wasn’t thinking your to have sex right my point exactly so before you went and had that abortion clinic you should of thought about first no matter what type of stage your body is in your figured that you are old enough to have sex so be old enough to take care of the responsibilities. You laid down and made the baby so stand up and take care of it. You discuss me and you are worthless. You commented a crime and you will pay !!! You really shouldn’t miss with gods children and you did by killing on of them … SHAME ON YOU