Should she proceed with the pregnancy or have an abortion?

Philippines
September 29, 2011 2:00am CST
My friend who have an affair with the married man, while she herself is still married got pregnant. i just knew it this morning when she call me and told me about the pregnancy. she further said that she will have an abortion because she should. she still have a 0ne year old boy, and still married with her husband who is a nurse abroad, although they are already separated, the marriage is not yet annulled. the man is also a very much married person. what should she do? i am not supporting her abortion, i just want to get of her now. it's been almost a month since the last time we talk. if you were in her shoes, what will you do?
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16 responses
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
29 Sep 11
We knew already that it's a great sin if she abort it. It's against on the law above and also in the law of man. She should face the consequences of what she did.I love babies and that's the reason I don't want anybody to face a problem like her. In that reason I am careful with all my moves when I was still engage in different relationship.
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
29 Sep 11
One thing you can do is to convince her but I knew she always follow what goon her mind and most of the time never listen on every suggestion you are give to her despite she is your best friend. Atleast you did your best to enlighten her. If she will not listen, it's not your fault. The decision is from her not from your side. Buwahaha!!! You knew me at the beginning that I love kids and I don't want to take the risk the life of any ladies that become part of my life. Right?
• Philippines
29 Sep 11
yeah, i did convinced her this morning, i tell her to think about it over, there could be another way to solve the problem without having an abortion, but you are right, she would always do what she wants, and most of the time, won't listen to me. it is difficult on my part because i am the only person who knew about the affair and the pregnancy. i cannot share it to her parents, or her family. so still, i will try to stop her. hahaha yeah!i knew it my friend, you love kids and you don't want to destroy the life of your exes,hehehe and will, i think, you deserve my thank you for that:-)
• Philippines
29 Sep 11
thanks for your response my friend. i know that it is really a sin to commit abortion. from the start i tried to stop her having an affair with this man, but still she push through with it. i am so disappointed when she call me this morning, but what could we do? it's already there, the baby is already growing inside her. i pray that she will be enlighten and be given wisdom to be wise in every decision she will make right now. hahaha good that you are being careful with your relationships before! i knew it! :-)
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
29 Sep 11
First of all sweetie, i will never play with married men. I have mine thank you. As for your friend, she and that married man should have thought for themselves before they started with this whole damn mess. A child will be killed if she decide to have an abortion, and for what? A bit of fun? I mean really, don't people think for themselves anymore? I think she should have this child and the married man will have to tell his wife. If she leave him, his problem. And he will take care of that child. Sorry for this rant.
• China
29 Sep 11
Anyway,abortion is sin.Usually,abortion happens when the pregnancy failed.I think you should convice her not to abort.She shoould tell the truth to the correlative person.She has no right to do the termination of pregnancy.You are all the adults and must be responsible for your action.
• Philippines
29 Sep 11
thanks to both of you for your reply. i really believe that abortion should never be an option to clean their mess. i always think of a way to help her and make it lighter. there is no need to point fingers right now as to whose mistake it is, because we know that from the start, what they did is a big mistake, but since, a baby is already involve here, guidance and words of wisdom could make a difference in her life right now. what she went through is never easy, failure married life, raising a child alone, becoming a single mom and a mistress, now thinking of having an abortion. i just could see how her life is, and that we should feel lucky that we are not having her kind of thinking and we are not on her shoes. it is hard to judge, and i don't want to get involved if she would push through with the abortion. all i could i do for now is to wish her well and may everything will turn out ok.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
29 Sep 11
i couldn't have gotten pregnant if i were in her shoes. having an affair with a married man and getting impregnated is the most stupid thing to have happened. but still, abortion is not the option, and should never be the option. it would be so selfish of her to even think of it. i hope she still cling to her senses of being honorable by letting the child live.
• Philippines
11 Oct 11
thank you for your response my friend. that's all we could say right now, but i think it is already too late to point fingers and blame her because the baby is already there, and sad to say she already committed abortion. i was so disappointed of what she did and we don't even talk now. the decision is hers alone, the thing is i never leave her destroying her life. i was there, trying to convince her to just continue with her pregnancy. things like this could never happen if only she did the right, not cohabitate with a married man while she herself is also married.
@mandze (13)
• United States
29 Sep 11
If it was me, I wouldn't abort it. I'm not sure if I'd keep it or not, but I'd rather give it up for adoption than get an abortion. I'm very anti-abortion. But if I were you, I'd try urging her to keep it, or at least put it up for adoption. She doesn't have to tell the father if she doesn't want to or if she doesn't feel comfortable with it (especially if she thinks it'll put her and/or the child in danger).
• Philippines
29 Sep 11
hi mandze, thank you for your response. she really is in a very complicated situation. there is no way a father will not know about her pregnancy because they are seeing each other. and who will support her financially throughout her pregnancy, when she still raise a one year old son? she cannot stop from her work because she is only having her own self for financial support. i should really try to urge her not to have an abortion, but she could still a lot of loopholes that would answer my issues. happy mylotting, i appreciate your response, thank you!
• China
29 Sep 11
For this kind of matter, there are always two ways to deal with it.I think it's her right to make the choice,afterall, she is the one who got pregnant,no one can take over what she would probably go through. Just support her,it's a hard time to her I think.
• Philippines
29 Sep 11
thank you for your response and for trying to understand her situation. in this trying time of her life, i should really support her, but i don't want to be involved and get accountable with God if indeed she will abort the baby. i love babies, i know that abortion is not right in front of God. but i could see her situation right now, she is really having a hard time. i am praying that she will get through it all without much damage done to her self and to her soul. happy mylotting!
• India
29 Sep 11
abortion is the best option.
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
8 Sep 12
State your reason why?
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 11
Your friend has separated from her husband so she could have this baby born therefore her one year old son would get a brother or a sister. They would close in age and her family could be a happy one. If she has an abortion it is bound to make her depressed. She should ignore the married man and not say to people he is the father of her baby. She should seek a divorce from her husband that she is separated from. She should not have an abortion. That is what I would do if I was in that awful situation.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
She must proceed to her pregnancy because abortion is a kind of crimes. She need to think that going to abort her baby is tantamount to kill an innocent one. Better to be killer in the street because you are trying to live your life from those bad people than to kill your own baby that never do anything wrong with you, right? Tell her to proceed because who knows. That baby will give the opportunity to see what is right. She is doing a sin and must be remorse in what she did...she is the one to be blame because of her sinner action...
@marguicha (215492)
• Chile
7 Dec 11
I could not answer that as I have never been in such a case and I don´t think I could have been. Married men are not for me, however awesome they might be. I don´t get it: there are so many ways of not getting pregnant! She is in a great problem!
@SydneyJ (902)
• United States
30 Sep 11
If I was in her shoes I'm sure I would feel like there wasnt much I could do due to such a sticky situation but I think I would go through with the pregnancy but give the baby up for adoption because it did nothing wrong to be killed, it was all over a not so smart decision and the kid could still grow up and have a good life
@HeartROB (434)
• Philippines
30 Sep 11
No matter who the father is or what the father is, a child is still a child. That is what should be put on her mind. They do the did and they should know the consequences of what they are doing. Now, that she is pregnant then, she should go with. Well yeah, I know it is easier said than done. But she should weigh the options properly. It is life that she is dealing with.
@shanemae (1025)
• Philippines
2 Oct 11
ouch! she is caught by her mistake now. abortion could never be a solution to that. maybe she should just continue the pregnancy and if she doesn't want the child then maybe she could just give it to a childless couple or not to the orphanage. she should not end the baby's life. the baby has the right to live. so i am not for her abortion too friend. she should bravely face it. not minding the people who would gossip about her cause in the first place she entered that relationship and she knows what would happen if she did the act. she should be responsible of her act.
• Philippines
30 Sep 11
do not go with the abortion, a baby is a blessing from GOD, whereas many of the people around the world cannot afford to have a baby, why should you abort it in the first place.
@tpisces (66)
• United States
5 Oct 11
Since she's having an affair w/ her husband its obviously that she's not happy. I think she should have the baby, having an abortion which I don't support. She needs to be open w/ her husband & communicate w/ him. Since the 2 parties are married I feel as if they should have the baby not by her wanting an abortion. Its obviously that she must feel guilty that she's had an affair thats the reason why she wants to have an abortion. I would have the baby if I was in her shoes & just confess to my husband that i had an affair
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
29 Sep 11
put the baby up for adoption, it takes a lot of guts to go thru with an abortion. it's something that will be with her for the rest of her life. but she will do what she wants in the end, like anything in life we will all listen to an extent and still do what we want to do.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
29 Sep 11
Your friend should ask herself this question: is she able to take care of an other baby (so 2 little kids) all alone. Her marriage is over, there is no way she will get a relationship on short term with the father. So she has to do it all alone. Be pregnant alone, feel sick alone, feel miserable alone, have scolding people to handle all alone, take care of a little kid alone. If she is strong enough to do that, also financial she can keep the child (an who knows some people will help her in time of need). If not she will only have more and more misery. Not only she, also her one year old and the new one. What do you think? Can love for 1 child (the baby) survive all the misery all the adults around her will give her, is this child worth all her sacrifices and lonesome ness? You will never know since you are not in her shoes. This decision is hers an not matter if she will decide for abortion or not, she will have to live with it and pay the price for her decision the rest of her life. The men will walk out and go on with their lives, family will and friend will turn out to be so called ones. I wish her all the best and hope she will do what is best for her. Being a single mom with just 1 child is already a hard task.