Originally posted by basschick
..at very least, i'd have been beaten and beaten and beaten, i would never have been able to finish school, and i would not have been allowed to continue my friendships with my friends. it is possible i'd have been put in y.a. (that's jail for minors) till i was 18. who would that have helped? not me!
I can tell you feel passionately about this and you know from experience what it's like to be in that situation. The closest I came was getting a girlfriend pregnant at 16 and we decided if it was a boy I'd take it, if it was a girl, she'd take it. Then we went on all the rides at the state fair and the next day she miscarried. Kids are so stupid :-D My experience pales to yours.

Teen pregnancy is a difficult thing and as human beings we all have a right to control our body and what we do with it, pregnant teen mothers included. It's law that Chilren have parental permission for tattoos, marriage, medical care, and even field trips, until the age of 18, but undergoing such an invasive medical procedure as an abortion (which often have difficulties), without a parents notification (not permission), is a scary thought to me, a carring father. But your right, some people would do the wrong thing by their child and that is very sad.

You know a bit about my past and should know better then to say I see the world through "rose colored glasses"