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  • Teen Options

    Being a teen and pregnant may seem like a difficult experience now, but with the right support and information, you will be able to make a decision and feel that you can feel good about. There are crisis pregnancy centers (most likely in your town or very close by) that can help support you in your pregnancy decisions, as well as offer many other valuable services. They have trained counselors that can help you sort through the pros and cons of each option and explore the solutions that would work best in your life. There are 24-hour crisis pregnancy hotlines you can call and countless crisis pregnancy sites to help you on-line.

    You have three basic options: parenting, adoption or abortion. In order to make the right decision for you and your baby, you need to know everything about each of these options. This is a decision no one else should make for you. You can consider other people’s thoughts and ideas, but don’t make a decision because you think it will please your parents, your baby’s father or anyone else. Ultimately you are the one who has to live with the final decision. This may be the biggest decision you have to make, so take plenty of time to think things through carefully. Whatever you decide, please remember that your choice will affect you for the rest of your life – physically and emotionally.

    Parenting

    Parenting is a difficult but extremely rewarding experience that requires both patience and strength. If you choose to continue your pregnancy and parent, not only will you be able to watch your child grow up, you will be preparing yourself for one of the greatest and most rewarding experiences ever. However, a lot of responsibilities come with parenting, which you must realize now and accept. Parenting is a lifelong commitment to your child, promising him or her the best care possible, undying love, financial, physical, emotional, and spiritual support. It takes time and hard work to be a good parent, but it can happen. There are many resources available to help you, if you choose to parent your child.

    Read more on teen pregnancy:

    —Teen Options (continued)
    —Teen Pregnancy
    —Teen Statistics

  • Teen Adoption

    When a teen becomes pregnant, some very serious decisions need to be made and those decisions should not be made lightly as they will affect her for the rest of her life rather she realizes it or not.

    Adoption

    For many teens facing an unplanned pregnancy, adoption is a positive option. Adoption can give you the freedom to pursue your goals and know that you have made a caring decision for your child. Choosing life for your baby and giving a wonderful gift to another family is a very courageous and wonderful thing. There are many couples that can’t have their own children and are waiting to adopt a child. Counselors and support groups are available through most adoption agencies to help with the emotions surrounding adoption. If you decide on adoption, you can choose to have it open or closed. An open adoption is when you get to choose the parents who will be raising your baby and a closed adoption is when everything is kept private.

    Abortion

    Many pregnant teens decide to have an abortion because they believe it will be a quick resolution to a difficult situation. Often teens who give in to the idea of abortion are pressured into it by their partners. In a survey taken of women who have had abortions, 63% of them felt “forced” by other people into the abortion, and 74% of the women surveyed said they would not have the abortion again. Make up your own mind based on factual information. You have time. Don’t make any quick decisions based on fear, panic or pressure.

    Read more on teen pregnancy:

    —Teen Pregnancy
    —Teen Statistics