First, depending on the laws in your state you may not need parental consent to get an abortion. Secondly, I am always for doing what you think is right. If that is abortion, so be it, if that is adoption, so be it, if you want to have and raise this baby yourself, so be it. If I may ask, who is raising your first child?

Oh, I know first hand your situation. Except for me, it was my husbands mother. Sadly, legally, I had no choice but to give it to her. I wanted to abort but by the time I found out, I was already to far along to have it done safely. You are close to the ending point. It was born Dec. 26th and each day after that my life has been hell. This is coming from someone who is 21 years old, going on 22. I don't know what happened with your first child, so I don't know if what you feel is best is for you to keep it or not. I would say that you need to do what is best for you. Though, hopefully your mother will be understanding if you do choose to go through with the abortion since a minor can't get one without parental consent. Since you are 16 years old, you won't be able to without your mother. Though, you don't have to give the child to her. You can still put it up for adoption, though depending on where you are living your mother may have first option to take the baby. That is what happened in my situation, though I didn't find out about that law till the pregnancy was almost over. I hope that you can get through this and hopefully you can find a solution to this problem.

Question is, do you know who the father is? You are laying a bid burden on your mother. this is not fair to her. Sixteen and this is your 2nd child? Were you not taught anything about safe sex in school? You have not only ruined your life, but also your mothers. My wife and i have been through this same situation and had to raise our two granddaughters. Just when parents think they have finally raised their own children and its time for the parents to again have fun together in their life, a daughter makes a cardinal mistake and ruins everything. Are you capable of raising two children on your own? it can be done. you are going to have a life of nothing but public assistance for the next 18 years. this, again is not fair to your parents and its not fair to the general public that, freely by law, has to supply and feed for your family, through our tax money. Your lack of concern for your parents future, irks me. Whats next for you? TRIPLETS???????

As I just wrote in another answer, "If it's not a baby, you're not pregnant." Don't hurt an innocent child. If you don't want to "burden your mother" then put it up for adoption. There are plenty of people out there who will take care of all the costs for the pregnancy and delivery, plus help you out with finances on the side. Check it out, at least, before you make your decision.

ITS up to you but if you do abortion shell probably have to sign the papers saying its fine to go ahead. IF not adoption. MY friend just had her 3rd abortion and i ripped on her for not using sex ed in high school properly. I may have been pregnant once but i learned from my mistakes. IF it happens agains ill try my damndest to be a decent mother. MY misscarraige killed me and i hate that people like my friend use abortion as a escape when i cant have kids now or at least very hard to conceive.

honestly i am against abortion so i think you should listen to your mother

Listen to your mother. Your heart is telling you it's afraid, but it's not saying "kill this baby". Your mother knows that's her grandchild in there. She knows how hard it is to have children - she had you. But if that child is wanted - even if not wanted by you - don't kill it. Face your fear, and give your mother a grandchild to adopt and love...

Listen to your mum. She cares about you and your baby. But PLEASE, PLEASE, get some proper information about taking precautions and USE them next time so you won't be in this situation again. It also irks me when women use abortion as a means of contraception. Not only does having one of more abortions increase the risk of breast cancer later in life, it is little lives who didn't ask to be conceived in the first place!

Sweetie, give the baby to your mother. Have that baby. I was 16 when I had my first child, and I wouldnt change that for anything. And this is your 2nd child. At least you will know that your baby is alive and taken care of. Why kill an innoccent child for something that you did? And then when you are older, you are going to be thinking about that baby. How old is he/she? Was is going to be a boy or a girl? What would he/she look like? Dont do that. When you are older and have a good head on your shoulders, Im sure you can take care of your baby. For now, just let your mother take care of it. Go on and have that baby, you dont want to regret anything!!! Good Luck sweetie and remember what I said. By the way, I am 21 years old, I had my daughter at 16 and my son at 19....so Im a young mother, but my kids are the best thing that ever happened to me and I love them to death!!!

I strongly feel you need to answer this question on your own. You say your heart tells you to abort, but you haven't given much information as to why (other than your age and a missing father). You need to examine *why* you feel the way you do. Why do you think you want an abortion? (You're obviously not clearly decided.) Why does your heart want to deny a child life, when your mother is willing to raise him/her? Are your reasons selfish or selfless? Was your first pregnancy traumatic? Is your mom looking out for your best interests, hers or others? Is she abusive? Only YOU can answer these tough questions. Regardless of your decision, there are going to be serious irrevocable consequences that affect at least three people for the remainder of their lives. Think long and hard about your options and their various potential outcomes. Don't turn one mistake into two (whichever choice = mistake). It's fine to get advice from friends, strangers and family, but in the end, you should make the decision firmly on your own, because you are the one responsible. You must own the decision and outcome of your choices. This is clearly eating at you. In the future, please take precautions to prevent an unwanted pregnancy and protect your body AND heart.

Definition: Abortion is the expulsion of an embryo or a fetus that is not normally able to live outside the womb. Spontaneous abortion or miscarriage may result from human imperfection or from an accident. Deliberately induced abortion simply to avoid the birth of an unwanted child is the willful taking of human life. You were adult enough to have sex so be adult enough to face the consequence's of your actions... You have a life in you. You are lucky your mother is willing to help, there are ppl out there with no help or support.

listen to your mum if u abort it u will feel down for a long time i no some one that aborted a child and she was feeling realy bad for quite a while.

Mother knows best.

I agree with Bizzibee. You were adult enough to have intercourse, so you need to keep the baby. Your Mom is willing to help, and I think you should let her, but I think you need to take more responsibiliy for your actions. When I was 18 I thought I was pregnant and was scared, and I was willing to take complete responsibility for my actions, and I never believed in abortion even when I was young, but luckily I was not pregnant-thank God. Your baby deserves to have a life because he/she is alive and well in your tummy. Hopefully having this precious baby in your life will motivate you to do the right thing, and I only pray that blessings will come your way and that God will give you the strength and wisdom that you need to be a good Mother.

Do what your heart tells you to do.

Ok blunt honesty time. Whatever you do, start practicing safe sex! If you are 16 and on your second child, then you are in for one hard life. Keep your pants closed, or learn to be safe. Any choice other than those two is moronic.

Please dont hurt a baby. th baby isnt the one who made a mistake it seemss to me that the baby is already wanted and is being loved by your mother. give it to your mother and let her have the baby, give your baby a chance to have a life abortion is murder and shouldnt be the answer, mom knows waht to do. but please dont kill an inocent life. how would you feel if your mother told you she thought about abortion when she was pregant with you. let your mom raise teh baby its teh right thing. I do also think that you need to grow up and make smarter choices in your life. get your head in the books insted of having babies . the choices you are making wont get you anywhere yoer mom is trying to help you by taking this 2nd baby and you are just 16. take a look at your life girl and check it

You need to 1st stop having sex until you are old enough to be responsible. You should have learned your lesson the 1st time. What are you gonna do if you get HIV? CONDOM. ABSTINENCE. You have all the time in the world for sex, if it doesn't kill you 1st. Don't listen to "everybody" (which I'm sure are 16 years old tjemselves too). Give it to your mom. You laid down and had sex. Guess what happens when you have sex, you get pregnant. If you are "old enough" to have sex you need to take the consequences. Why kill your kid, because you can't keep your legs shut?

Why does your heart tell you to abort your child?? THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO WANT A CHILD OF THEIR OWN SO BADLY AND THEY CAN'T BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON... AND here you are 16 and preg. with your second child... you can always give it up for adoption..... One of my very good friends were in the same type of situation that you are in... She got preg. and the father didn't want it and her mother told her that either kill the baby or she would kick her out of her house..... My friend had the abortion.... Now because of that, something went very wrong and now she is no longer able to have kids I would hope that your heart would tell you that it tells you that life is precious and shouldn't be taken for granted!! Another piece of advice is to try to use more protection so that you won't have to be in this hard situation again....

You need to listen to your mom. Don't kill your baby just because you made a mistake!

Did you not learn your lesson the first time around? Your age group is the fastest growing group of HIV. You need to either stop having sex, because you can't be responsible, or start using a condom. I'll give anyone one mistake, but you have made 2. You had sex, you know what can happen when you do. You've already gone through this once. You need to suffer the consequences of your actions.

Whatever you do, don't let anyone pressure you into deciding either way. That includes your mother, your friends, and people on this board. The one who will ultimately have to deal with the consequences is you.

Don't kill the baby..it's not it's fault..there are lots of ways to prevent pregnancy..Let your mother have the child :)

16 and pregnant with a SECOND child? Give both children up for adoption and stop having unprotected sex. Get tested for STDs and stop being so irresponsible.

I know your pain , I was also a teenage unwed mother. do not abort your baby it will haunt you for the rest of your life. you have to take responsibility , you cant kill your child b/c you were stupid and had unprotected sex. If you keep yhe child you will experience unconditional love , and you will learn to be less selfish you will become more mature. you can still find love as a single mother, I did, and my husband adopted my son. I had never known such happiness and "real love" untill I had my son. At first I wanted to abort him out of selfishness, but I chose not to. every time I think "what if" I just want to die what would I be with out my beautiful son?

first off, you should not be having sex at this young of age. your body is still growing and forming. second off, if you abort this BABY, you are taking the life of an innocent child just because you are irresonsible and dont know when to keep your legs closed. so give this baby way more than you ever could and give it more. give it to your mom or for adoption. I dont care who you give it to, give it more of a life than you can. DONT KILL BABIES!!!

Put the child up for adoption if you can't take care of it. If you are looking for a good family to adopt the child, contact me. Please don't abort the child. I was a teen mom myself. I only had one child as a teen and it was sooo hard, but, I got through it. I wouldn't change it for the world. I love my son. But at 16 and having two children, that is gonna be tough for you and the children. I will be happy to bring the child in to my family.

listen to yourself. Do what you want to do and seek advice from your doctor as to the type of counsellors and groups that can help you make your decision. It's hard with one child and harder again with two. Do not feel pressured by anyone because it is you who has to live with which ever decision you make. All the best.

Let your mother have the child. Abortion is murder. So if you abort it you would be killing your own child. Let your mother help you raise the baby. When you get a bit older you can get more involved and be able to learn from growing with your child. I was 16 when I got pregnant, lots of people talked to me about aborting the child, but never would I even think to do that. Killing my own baby? I dont think so. I had my baby, my mother & family helped me throughout the whole thing. I now have 2 wonderful children & I am 21. I grew to learn from my children & my children have helped me understand alot. Trust me you dont want abortion!