post 11

trigger 

Abortion is such a touchy subject and to be quit honest it is one of the most annoying debates to listen to because really no one can win. I am a Christian and grew up in church, which in most circumstances means that I should think abortion should be illegal.  But I don’t. Reading these different articles for class has not made me change my views on it either. I believe that everyone should have the right to choose between abortions. I say I would never have an abortion but when it comes down to it if I found out I was pregnant right now I couldn’t tell you what I would do. I say I would never have an abortion but what if I am going through something really horrible in my life. The thing is that there are so many girls who have had abortions and you just don’t know that about them. Maybe the reason I am so open about this topic is because I had a close friend in high school that did have one. I was the only one she told about it. It was scary and I tried to talk her out of it but I told her if she did it I would still love and support her no matter what which I did.  The thing that mad me the most sick about it all is that her boyfriend told her he would break up with her if she had the baby. She is the kind of girl who always had to have a boyfriend. She didn’t know how to be alone. You can say she is selfish and an awful person but the funny thing is if you met her you would expect her to be the last person in the world to go through with an abortion. She is one of the sweetest kindest people I know and would give you the clothes off of her back.  Both of her parents have not been in her life that often growing up and were on drugs. She knew if she were to have a baby her very cut off and it would make her parents unstable when they were finally getting better.  Yes it is sad that she did it and I don’t necessarily think it is right but she was 16 and a child herself. Can you really expect a 16-year-old girl to think rationally in this situation?  Especially given all of the circumstances she had been through. When it comes down to it what would you really do?