Forcing Your Underage Daughter Through Pregnancy Is Child Abuse
And you won’t change my mind
A dear friend of mine is a social worker who works with teens, and one of her clients is 15 and pregnant. (Don’t worry, my friend never divulges identities or goes into great detail about anyone. She’s quite ethical.) But what’s most upsetting about this particular client, my friend says, is that her mother never gave her any other option but to have the baby. For them, abortion just isn’t an option.
Frankly, it astounds me that in the year 2024 people would prioritize a pregnancy over their own child’s life, health, and future. Not to mention, I don’t believe anyone under the age of 18 should be forced into childbirth, or becoming a parent, even if they’d be really good at it. I don’t think a teen should be forced to have a baby and then forced to give that baby up for adoption, either.
It’s child abuse. Pure and simple. Why people can’t see that is beyond me.
While the “prolife” crowd insists they are moral for insisting their kids be “taught a lesson” about sex by — becoming parents??? To me, those two things don’t even equate. Why also punish the baby with teen parents who may neglect or resent them? Whom does that benefit? How is that “prolife”?
