So after the interesting 'abortions are against women's rights' post a little while ago, it got me thinking, what would I do if I got pregnant?
So calling the ladies of The Escapist forums (I know we are relatively few and far between): what would your ultimate response be? I know this is a pretty serious topic, and this is in NO WAY intended to be a thread for making judgments on people's beliefs, decisions or choice to have sex. I'm really just interested to see what peoples decisions would be and why.
As for me? I'm still not sure. I'm in a long term and very stable relationship and we're both from supportive middle-class backgrounds. However, I'm a third year at uni, looking to do a masters with no immediate job prospects or savings. I'm not religious and I think at this point in my life my parents would probably encourage me to have an abortion, and that would be my first logical thought, as I know that neither of us are ready or willing to have a child yet. However, the thought of getting rid of the child of the person I want to spend the rest of my life with is... well, pretty horrible. For the same reason I don't think I could go through with adoption.
So what are your thoughts? Boys are very welcome to chip in too - after all, you're involved too!
EDIT: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we stop with the pointless 'I'm a man, I can't be pregnant LOL!' comments. Getting old, guys. You will note, I did actually address this to ladies, with the expectation that men were capable of saying something constructive.
So calling the ladies of The Escapist forums (I know we are relatively few and far between): what would your ultimate response be? I know this is a pretty serious topic, and this is in NO WAY intended to be a thread for making judgments on people's beliefs, decisions or choice to have sex. I'm really just interested to see what peoples decisions would be and why.
As for me? I'm still not sure. I'm in a long term and very stable relationship and we're both from supportive middle-class backgrounds. However, I'm a third year at uni, looking to do a masters with no immediate job prospects or savings. I'm not religious and I think at this point in my life my parents would probably encourage me to have an abortion, and that would be my first logical thought, as I know that neither of us are ready or willing to have a child yet. However, the thought of getting rid of the child of the person I want to spend the rest of my life with is... well, pretty horrible. For the same reason I don't think I could go through with adoption.
So what are your thoughts? Boys are very welcome to chip in too - after all, you're involved too!
EDIT: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we stop with the pointless 'I'm a man, I can't be pregnant LOL!' comments. Getting old, guys. You will note, I did actually address this to ladies, with the expectation that men were capable of saying something constructive.