[jamber97]

Originally Posted by afchic

If you chose to have sex and become pregnant, whose fault is it, the tooth fairy's??? If you have fear of a condom breaking, or the birth control pill not working, or any other plethora of reasons I am sure you will throw back at me, then don't have sex.

Here is a story for you. When I was a 1st Lt, I was single, on birth control, and got pregnant. Now I had my sq/cc as well as my 1st Sgt and a bunch of other senior ranking officers tell me that it would be best for career if I had an abortion because being a single parent took a lot of effort, and would be distracting to my career. Sounds difficult to believe, but it is true.

My take was, I was the one who made the mistake, not the child I was carrying. So why should it have to pay for my mistakes? Had I a been a little more selfish, maybe that would have been the road I took. But my parents taught me to own up to my mistakes, and learn from them. So I was a single parent for 5 years, and guess what, it didn't effect my career in the least. Now my daughter is 11 years old and has been the light of my life from the moment I found out I was pregnant.

I am tired of people saying they have the "right" to have sexual intercourse, but the child created doesn't have the right to live. I have the "right" to bash my husband over the head if he pisses me off, but there are also consequences to be paid for said action.

Do you know how many families there are in this country seeking to adopt a child? If you don't want the child, fine put it up for adoption. There is no excuse for the killing of an innocent life because it is an inconvenience, or the timing isn't right, or I am just not ready to be a parent. Goes back to my narcissism idea.

I support your right to make that decision regardless of your reason.