Good for her!!!

I bet it took a lot of guts to stand up against her parents on this matter..

http://news.yahoo.com/pregnant-teen-wins-abortion-battle-150554993--abc-news-topstories.html

i didnt read the entire thing but i saw the part where they are making the parents give the teen back her vehicle as well as pay for half the medical expenses.. is she keeping the baby or giving it up for adoption or what?like are the courts going to make the parents of the teen support this baby? i mean nobody should be forced to have an abortion against their own will but im just confused on what happens when the baby is born

Very interesting story!

Though I really hope that she continues working/school and doesn't make her parents pay for everything!

I wonder if she has a plan on how to raise the kid and if those pro-life advocates are going to continue to help her or just leave her on her ass.

I don't know if I agree. I mean, she's 16. Is the car even hers? Usually parents can take away things like that for any reason. If a girl is out having sex and is caught, many parents would take away her car privileges. So, now, you CAN'T do that if they get pregnant?

It just seems really short sided. "Yay, you're a adult and get to make your own choices! However, your parents need to pay half the bill for you to have your kid, and they need to let you use the car."

I don't think girls should be forced into abortion, but I'm also unsure on how I feel about the government regulating what the parents need to do to support this pregnancy. . . .

Quoting Up In Smoke Signals:" I wonder if she has a plan on how to raise the kid and if those pro-life advocates are going to continue to help her or just leave her on her ass."

I'm wondering the same thing. And if her parents will be responsible for the child she brings into the world? I see two sides one is they have to because she is a minor, they are responsible for her, they are liable for what happens to her (including pregnancy). But all of that tells me they should be able to decide whether a child of theirs should get an abortion or not, since ultimately it's them who will be raising it. Though I see another side, it's the young girls body and her baby so she shouldn't be forced to abort it.

Quoting melindapple:" I'm wondering the same thing. And if her parents will be responsible for the child she brings into the ... [snip!] ... will be raising it. Though I see another side, it's the young girls body and her baby so she shouldn't be forced to abort it."

See, this.

I see it both ways.

I guess I feel like if she decides she's an adult and can have a baby, I don't think it's really appropriate to then say "your parents need to take care of you and pay half your bill." Making the choices of an adult are a double edged sword. If you want to be an adult and have a baby, you can't really cry and expect your parents to pay your bills and be mad when they take your car and phone away. Then again, pulling her out of school isn't right either really. . .

It's a rough situation, but I don't like all the pro life "good for her!" stuff either. It's just so short sided. She can't even pay her own bills. She's mad about having to get a job to support herself. What exactly does she expect to happen when this baby is born?

Quoting she nan igans:" See, this. I see it both ways. I guess I feel like if she decides she's an adult and can have a baby, ... [snip!] ... bills. She's mad about having to get a job to support herself. What exactly does she expect to happen when this baby is born?"

Ditto. The whole thing seems childish, like she is throwing a temper tantrum "MOMMY, DADDY I DON'T WANNA ABORT, I DON'T WANNA WORK, I WANT MY CAR BACK WAHHHH" Maybe I'm wrong. If it were my child and I was not in a financial situation to support both my child and theirs, I would give them the option to abort, adopt, or find some means to support the child themselves. Is that terrible as a parent to do that? I'm going to be told that I have to raise a child that I didn't help create? Eh, maybe it's because I'm not pro life. Someone should start a D&D lol.

ETA: It's not that I'm NOT pro life, I'm pro choice. And while I think the young girl should have a CHOICE, she should also have an income or something too.

Quoting melindapple:" Ditto. The whole thing seems childish, like she is throwing a temper tantrum "MOMMY, DADDY I DON'T ... [snip!] ... life, I'm pro choice. And while I think the young girl should have a CHOICE, she should also have an income or something too."

Yeah, see, thats the thing.

It sounds horrible, but what they did was sort of realistic. I can see the conversation. "You don't want to have an abortion? You think you're an adult and can have a baby? Fine. This is what life will be like if you choose to keep the baby." If they don't support her, she will have to work, won't get to go to school, wont have mommy and daddy paying for a car and a phone. Those are things she gets now because she's a kid. If she wants to be an adult and have a baby, that's life. . .

It's showing her what the results of her choice could be. . . .

Quoting she nan igans:" Yeah, see, thats the thing. It sounds horrible, but what they did was sort of realistic. I can see ... [snip!] ... If she wants to be an adult and have a baby, that's life. . . It's showing her what the results of her choice could be. . . ."

you worded it way better, but this is exactly what I've been thinking. Sorry OP.

Quoting she nan igans:" I don't know if I agree. I mean, she's 16. Is the car even hers? Usually parents can take away things ... [snip!] ... I don't think girls should be forced into abortion, but I'm also unsure on how I feel about the government regulating what the parents need to do to support this pregnancy. . . ."

Yes, exactly!