Abortion Article: The Truth

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news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=521716699d9de6446405b6598dd14887

The above is a link to a few short articles by various teens, voicing their experiences with and beliefs on abortion. The majority believe in abortion. I thought it might be interesting to see what happens when one replaces the word “abortion” each time it is used with other synonyms-such as killing a baby, and murdering your own child. Its funny how innocent it sounds originally, but once abortion is replaced with more suitable words, it becomes far more gruesome.

KILLING AN INNOCENT CHILD AIN’T EASY
BY KEISHA RILEY
Keisha (not her real name), 16, is an intern at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.

It’s not easy to walk into a clinic and ask to kill a baby as a teenager, especially if you have no one to go with you.

Guys think that since you’re a girl, you automatically know a lot about pregnancies and clinics, but I didn’t know anything. I was 14 when I met my boyfriend and 15 when he got me pregnant. I didn’t know that we were going to be intimate so soon, but I felt that we were really close, close enough for me to make the choice to let him take my virginity.

When I found out I was pregnant I was already 4 weeks along. We had unprotected sex once, and all it takes is one time. When I found out, I wasn’t sad, scared or mad – I just knew I had to handle it.

When I went to the clinic I was led into a small room with the nurse and a peer educator. We sat and talked about killing babies, birth control and how to make better choices. I had to fill out papers about my medical history. When I was done with the paperwork the nurse made an appointment for me to go murder my own child.

I was too scared to tell my mother, and I knew I wasn’t ready to take care of a child.

My mother and I don’t talk that much. She has a boyfriend she’s always concerned with, so I stay away from home as much as I can.

Me and my boyfriend were together for about a year at the time. When I told him I didn’t think it was going to affect our relationship – because we talked about how we would deal with the situation if I got pregnant – his reactions were not what I had expected. Because we had talked about the possibility of pregnancy in the past I thought he would be sincere and caring – it didn’t work out like that. I felt like he didn’t want to be with me anymore because all he could do was ignore the situation. I didn’t get mad at him. He was scared just like me.

It took a week from my first visit to the clinic before I could murder my own child. It felt like forever because I wanted to hurry up, get it over with and move on. During that week I had a lot to think about, I felt like my world had come to a pause. I couldn’t do anything but cry.

When the day came I sat in the tiny waiting room, with all of the other teenage girls – the only difference between them and me is that they had their partners with them. All these thoughts were running through my head. Am I going to die? Is my mother going to find out? Will I forget about this day? What was my boyfriend doing right now? Before I knew it. I was drugged up and put to sleep. Afterwards I was calmer than I felt before, I was drowsy, but at the same time hungry.

Since that day I still think about how my life would have been if I didn’t get to kill that innocent baby. I think I wouldn’t feel as sad as I sometimes do now, because the baby might have helped me create a better relationship with my mother. But I wouldn’t be as independent as I am now.

My boyfriend and I are still together; we’ve been together for a year and six months now. If Prop. 73 passes it won’t change how youth act in regards to sex. The proposition’s backers think that this law is going to make communication between kids and their parents better, but it’s not. If you can’t talk to your parents no law will change that.

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NOT READY TO BE A BABY DADDY
BY ELLIOT MCGREGOR
Elliot, 16, is a writer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia and an associate of The Beat Within.

My girlfriend Jenay murdered a baby, and the baby was mine. I met her at John Muir Middle School in Oakland. We were both 14. She was 15 when she killed a child.

Jenay is a about 5’2 with nice, even tone skin and she’s a little darker than me. I was very attracted to her because she has a very beautiful face and body and the nicest smile.

She had murdered her child because she didn’t wan’t her father to hate her. She didn’t actually know if he really would have hated her, but they had some talks in the past and he told her she should wait to have sex and that he would be disappointed if she got pregnant. She would tell him she wasn’t having sex when he asked her – so she was stuck. He expected her to be truthful, maybe he might have hated her for lying to him and betraying his trust.

After she had killed the living child I felt really bad and relieved at the same time. I felt bad because we killed my son or daughter. I was relieved because I didn’t have to go through the drama that might have occurred with my family and I if they found out.

The drama would have been about how I’m too young and how I had school and my whole life ahead of me, and that having a baby was not the smartest thing to do. I’m glad we chose to not have the baby because I have a lot going for me. If she had a baby then I think it would be hard to reach my goals –- finishing high school and getting started on a career.

My mom had no clue about Jenay being pregnant, she didn’t even know we were having sex. She found out though, but I didn’t tell her. She’s a social worker and they have an office next to the Planned Parenthood clinic where Jenay and I went to get the pregnancy test.

A nosey friend of my mom told her that she saw me and Jenay at Planned Parenthood in Eastmont Mall, that’s how she found out.

Jenay told her mom she was pregnant because she thought you needed a parent there while they did the procedure – she never told her father.

Jenay’s mother was very supportive. She talked to Jenay about having a child, the consequences and all. She also told her that she was there for her if she had the baby or not. I think she reacted so well because she was trying to build a better relationship with her daughter so she would feel comfortable coming to her for anything.

We weren’t ready to be parents – we talked and realized we had our whole lives ahead of us to plan for a baby. If Prop. 73 passes it will make it hard for young teen’s out there having fun and getting in bad situations like getting pregnant or becoming a young baby daddy.

I don’t think it would make a good law because young people are going to have sex regardless, so why make it hard for those who have messed up? This law will only lead to worse problems than having a baby, females might try to do homemade murders of children if they are forced to tell their parents they are pregnant.

 

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SMOKEY’S CHOICE – MURDERING HER CHILD WAS RIGHT FOR MY FRIEND’S FUTURE
BY VICTORIA GARCIA
Victoria, 18, is a staff writer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.

My friend, Smokey, murdered her breathing child about two years ago when she was 17.

It was the summer before her senior year when she found out about her pregnancy. She was in shock for a good month – thinking about what decision would be best for her. She finally decided to kill her kid. It was senior year. She was living with her parents, her three sisters, their four kids and one of their daddies. To her it was horrifying to think she would end up like one of her sisters.

She didn’t want the baby and would do whatever was necessary to prevent it from happening. She decided to kill her baby, and now she is doing good. She’s working two jobs in Berkeley trying to stack money for a new car and she attends community college working on transferring to a university.

Proposition 73 states that no minor will be able to murder their own child without the consent of a parent or guardian. If that law passes, people like my friend Smokey will not be able to make decisions about what will happen with their lives.

Some will have to confront their mothers and tell them. That could put their relationship with their families in jeopardy. Others will be too scared to tell their parents until it is too late and they have no other choice but to have the baby, putting their goals for the future away in a safe that may never be unlocked.

I don’t think Proposition 73 is good. Instead of going to college and working, Smokey would probably be at home right now, taking care of her kid, washing dishes, cleaning and ironing her man’s work clothes.

Don’t get me wrong – there’s nothing wrong with being a full time mother. My mom was a full time mother for many years, and those were some of the best years of my life. I respect her deeply for all the many sacrifices she had to make to keep her family together and keep us kids happy.

You don’t come across a woman like my mother too often, nowadays people are more selfish and don’t really think about their kids’ happiness. My mother killed her baby after I was born, not because she was too young or couldn’t afford one, but because of the relationship that my dad and she were having at the time. They were going through some s— and my mom didn’t feel comfortable having the baby because she didn’t know what was going to happen between them. If she had to walk out on him she would’ve had a baby in her stomach, with nowhere to go and no money. She would’ve survived; she’s very strong, but her unborn child would’ve been a burden at the time.

Young women need to focus on getting an education so we can find careers that we enjoy instead of being stuck flippin’ burgers or washing dishes somewhere. Nobody wants to be in that position. Girls that get pregnant deserve a chance at being what they know they can be, even if they make the mistake of getting pregnant at a young age.

YOUNG IMMIGRANTS PONDER PROP. 73
By Students at the Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation Newcomer Program at Fremont High School in Oakland, these paragraphs were translated from Spanish.
MIGUEL CERVANTES HUERTA, 17

I think young people who are going to have sex need to realize that if the young girl becomes pregnant, the young man needs to be responsible for the child so that they don’t resort to murdering their child. And if they’re okay with killing their child they shouldn’t have to tell their parents.

LILIANA ROJAS, 15

On one hand it’s good -– if she receive the support of her parents. But there are times when parents don’t support and instead of helping they insult. This is why sometimes it’s not convenient if the parents know. But it is also convenient if parents know so they can make sure the doctor is good because it(murdering babies) can be very dangerous and risky.

JESUS RODEA, 16

It’s good and bad. It has its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages are:
-Household life continues as if nothing has happened
-Personal privacy
-She can feel at ease with knowing she didn’t abandon someone in the world.

The disadvantages are:
-Her mother can kick her out of the house
-The whole world will know and start to gossip

FATIMA ROSIBEL MEJIA, 15

I think the killing of babies is something people shouldn’t practice. Because for God and the world, it is well known, that the children are not to blame for the irresponsible acts of the parents. I also feel that if they aren’t going to take care of the kids, why are they going to have them?

Also, for me, those who practice the massacre of babies shouldn’t be condemned, but the doctors who make money from killing innocent children should be condemned. They should be put in jail because they can’t bring a baby back to life. That’s why both the doctors and parents are to blame. They should be punished with all the power of the law.

 

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