Teenage Pregnancy : Adoption vs. Abortion

Childbearing for teenagers is a tough choice to make, given the fact that persons of this young and vulnerable stage almost always arrive at decisions that are swaying, if not unstable. However, it is best that teenagers who are faced with this dilemma can have an option or at least a fallback should those future young mothers decide to take it upon their shoulders. I am talking about adoption.

As soon as the baby comes into existence, the consideration of having the baby adopted is always viewed as a positive action a helpless mother can make. Bringing the baby into the world and having him breathe in life will breathe in life as well to the mother, who, at this point, made an unselfish decision of giving the baby a chance to see the world. Once the baby gets to be adopted, it is also possible that the mother can still have continuous contact with her baby.

Seeing his kid grow and knowing her kid is in rather good hands is a relief from a whole lot of worries to her, being the biological mother. This will give enough time to the mother to map plans for herself, just as this will allow enough time as well for the mother to be able to plan out her plans to her baby and his future. Among others, the best part about giving birth to a child is to remember how it was to give birth. It is, by far, the most rewarding experience a woman can have as far as the gift of motherhood is concerned. The nine, tedious months of carrying a fetus in one’s womb pays off with having to end the pregnancy with a brand new life that was born through you.

On the contrary, abortion is a practice that is most likely to leave you in guilt. It is something that will dwell in your conscience for as long as you will leave. Abortion is something that is final, a step you cannot retract and an action you are about to regret in the end. If it seemed that it solved the problem, it might appear to be equally shameful as well to know that it did not actually pulled off your burden. It magnified the problem by having to bear the brunt of taking a life through your hands. Much more, you failed to have the rare opportunity of seeing your very own child grow and live a full life like your own. With abortion, you concluded your pregnancy with an untimely death of your very kind.