Finding out about an unplanned pregnancy can be scary. Having an unwanted pregnancy can lead women to struggle to decide between adoption and abortion. Knowing she will be losing her child, the pregnant woman faces a tough decision. Most of the time adoption is a better choice than abortion because the pregnancy ends with giving life, not death, though there are situations when mothers must choose abortion.
             With television shows such as 16 and Pregnant, which seem to glamorize the life of teen mothers, there seem to be more teen pregnancies than when I was in high school, and an increase of teen mothers in school. Teens these days don't care about waiting till marriage nor hold religious beliefs prohibiting premarital sex. This leads to more unprotected sex and more pregnancies. Many teens will do anything to keep their pregnancy a secret. They won't take time to think about adoption because they want to get rid of the baby as fast as they can. Some of these females are sexually promiscuous and may not know who the father is, so getting rid of the baby saves them from embarrassment.
             Most women decide to have an abortion after they have been raped. Some women are afraid to have a baby because of the responsibilities of motherhood; they simply are not ready for a child. In some countries, people have abortions just because the baby is not the gender they want. People don't realize that abortion is a dangerous procedure. While technology is improving today, there is still a possibility of negative physical side effects to having an abortion and almost certain negative psychological side effects. Abortion is an unnatural process that interrupts one of the primary functions of the human body. A woman's body naturally resists the abortion, causing physical and emotional problems. That's why many women feel guilt and shame about their choice because they always remember taking a life of a child. Abortion is fi...