Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-38195691-20191127162526/@comment-38195691-20191206165420

SoKeepherOfTheLostCities wrote:

For example: What if you were a young girl that had been raped, and wanted to get an abortion. You saw them cruelly and painfully murder your baby. Now you have to live with that for the rest of your life.

Just think about that. I'm not going to use myself as an example, but let's just say that a girl does go through that. I don't know your complete knowledge on that exact process, but it isn't "cruelly and painfully murder[ing] your baby". In most cases, it's just two types of medications (pills would be a better word), and it's deemed the safest way to end a pregnancy. I don't know about 12-year-olds now, but honestly, would you think they would care more about themselves or the child that they never consented to have? My money's on themselves. And there's nothing wrong with that; they're children. I, and this may sound cruel, but please hear me out, would have no qualms about giving up a child at that age, because think about it. The newborn's most likely not going to survive if the 'mother' decides to go with childbirth (it's just not likely), and the 'mother' will be more ​​​​​​​traumatized if that happens. Plus, the 12-year-old would have some irreversable damage that I'm not as knowledgable enough to talk about. I agree. Abortion is not "merciful" or "empowering" as the feminists describe it, but it it isn't like the mother is just sitting there watching her baby be slaughtered while she sits by and smiles. It's almost always pills (and a lot of times the mother does feel guilty. Most of the time she's not sitting by being happy about it or anything). As a middle schooler myself, and after having really thought about it, I think my reaction to getting pregnant would be awful. I'd never want anyone to know, and I'd want it gone. I'd feel terrible about it, but honestly I think I would start getting suicidal if, at my age, I got pregnant and my parents made me keep it. I would be absolutely miserable.

And that's another thing. If the girl is young, it's not even her choice. You think a 12 year old is going to tell her parents, "I want to abort it" and even if they don't want to, they'll do it anyway? It's not her choice, she's much too young. Of course, the parents will probably check with her before making a final decision because it is her in question, but the decision will be mostly her parents' or gaurdians'.