Jra, many times there is no father to worry with. He has had his fun and disappeared or started the denial bit. It is costly to get a dna and not every woman/girl can afford it then it takes an attorney to take this jerk to court. When he doesn't pay, she has to fork out more money she doesn't have to take him back to court. It is a never ending cycle. Now, saying this does not mean that I feel it is acceptable to use abortion as a means of birth control because it isn't and I don't. I do believe that a very young girl, still in high school doesn't need to have a baby so young. She has too many years left to attempt to grow up and find her place in the World. There is education, carears, the experiences that she cannot get trying to raise a baby.

I fully think it is nobody's business what any woman does with her body. If she and her Doctor and the father (if he wants to be involved) and her parents when necessary decide that an abortion is the best way to go, then who am I to tell them otherwise. This is a decision she will have to live with the rest of her life and it can't be an easy one. To add to her problems, she sure doesn't need outsiders who don't know her, understand what is happening or have a clue wth is going on to give their unwanted 2 cents worth. Leave her alone. Support her decision. Help her thru a rough time. Or if you can't do that, stfu and ignore her.