Should I Keep the Child?

Diana and David are high school seniors. They have been dating since their sophomore year. David and Diana have been sexually active for almost five months, and without using protection. None of them came across practicing safe sex or learned what sex education class had taught them. Diana thought that getting pregnant at such an early age would never happen to her. Besides everyone is doing this now days she thought to her self. “If I ever get pregnant I will just get rid of it easy as that, and not just that no one will ever find out” Diana said to herself. Little did she know having unprotected sex caused her to become pregnant. That moment when she found out she was not sure if it was true or not. She took numerous of pregnancy tests to make sure she was. All of them said pregnant. She panicked and did not know who to go to, or who to talk to. The first thing that went to her mind was to go to the women’s clinic and get rid of it. Young girls who seek abortion as their first option do not think twice, they only worry about themselves and worry about what people will think about them. Diana thought when people find out that she is pregnant they will automatically judge her and consider her as a slut. Especially what her mother would always tell her, “If you ever come home pregnant you either get rid of it or leave the house your choice.” Those words her mother told her circled her mind, and made her sick to her stomach causing her to vomit. Diana did not want to call her boyfriend and tell him the situation they got into. She was afraid she might scare him away, and leave her to handle this on her own. A week passed, and Diana still has not told anyone about her pregnancy. She began to do research about abortion. She wanted to find out more information about the pros and cons to it. She read that having an abortion can lead to severe damages to a woman’s body. Diana finally made up her mind and decided to keep the child. It has been