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Sharon
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Date Posted: 01/26/09 1:13pm
In reply to:
Katie
's message, "Re: College Student - Scared" on 01/25/09 4:33pm
Katie,
One of the main indicators of whether or not a woman will regret having had an abortion is whether or not she feels she was "pressured" into it - either by her boyfriend, husband, parents, or through circumstances (like school, work, or not enough money.) I truly feel you should follow what in your heart you know to be true: if you are pregnant, this is your first child. This is a little person who is depending upon you to nurture and love him or her. True, it might not be easy. But, it will most certainly be worth it.
A number of things come to mind: First, it seems it would be discriminatory for the school to withhold your scholarship because of pregnancy. If you didn't want to have an abortion and the school made it come down to "have an abortion or lose your scholarship", I'm sure you could take that up with the administration and point out how very bad it would look for them to follow through on something like that. Second, things always seem darkest just before the dawn. There are a number of resources out there for young mothers. And, even if you needed to take a semester off (you probably would be able to continue competitive swimming through the early part of the pregnancy), you sound like the kind of person who would not let that stop them from completing everything the following semester. I got pregnant during college. I took off one semester and it ended up taking a total of 5 years to graduate. But, it was absolutely worth it. I have no regrets.
In fact, I can guarantee you won't regret having your baby, but there is a very strong possibility you will regret having an abortion. And, at that point, there will be nothing you can do to go back and change it...
Sharon
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