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When a woman is experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, she has the responsibility and right to make whatever choice she feels aligns with her moral interests and values. When that choice does not include parenting the child on her own, either as a single or young mother, she still has two more options available to her: adoption and abortion.

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Adoption requires a woman to see a pregnancy through and abortion is a procedure that terminates a pregnancy. Both have a slew of social stigmas that come with them and this is something a woman will have to deal with regardless. A girl or woman who decides to terminate the pregnancy instead of place the child with an adoptive family nine months later will be making a difficult decision. However, every unplanned pregnancy is an experience unique to every woman.

Depending on how far into the pregnancy a woman is when she decides to terminate it, she may be advised to do so in a few different ways. A woman still in the early stages can take an abortion pill, which will cut off the fetus from nutrients it needs to continue to develop. In-clinic procedures are used for more developed fetuses and may require a health care provider to remove it with forceps, suction or surgically. These procedures cost between $350 and $800. Late-term terminations are more expensive, risky and hospitals or clinics that perform these procedures may be more difficult to find.

If you are on this website, you may be considering adoption as an alternative terminating a pregnancy. Perhaps you're still unsure of how you feel or worry about what could happen if you choose to place the baby in an adoptive family. By placing a child into an adoptive family there is a chance that an unplanned pregnancy can lead to something that brings gratitude and love into the world.

The case for adoption is simple: there are literally thousands of couples and families looking to adopt a child. Placing a child has a lot of paperwork and being pregnant is a 9-month commitment, but agencies, attorneys and facilitators in the adoption community are all there to make the process as easy as possible. This means that you can be as active or inactive in the placement process and the child's post-adoption life.

Although an unplanned pregnancy is a difficult experience, you always have the power over what informed decision works best for you.

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Articles About "Abortion"

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"Abortion" in the News

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"Abortion" in the Adoption Blogs

Pro-life, Pro-choice, Pro-adoption
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I was born in the 1970’s. Right there in the heat of the Roe v. Wade era when abortion became legal- not that my parents considered abortion since I was the 4th child out of what would be 6 and my parents had been married for a long time. Still, the fires of the topic were burning brightly at...
The Evolution of Open Adoption (part 1)
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Before World War 2 there were few laws regarding adoption. Child trafficking and other problems arose because there were no regulations to keep them in check. War has a way of changing society, though, and after The Good War was over and the baby boom era began, the number of babies born to unwed...
Making Adoption Look Bad
December 31, 2012, 10:21 am
There was a recent news story about a family being torn apart because the adopted daughter went back to her biological father. It’s always a tragedy when a family is torn apart, and it’s even worse when the situation could have- no wait, SHOULD HAVE been avoided in the first place. The problem...
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"Abortion" in the Adoption Forums

At the same time.. I agree with this!
March 20, 2013, 9:22 pm
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Off and Running
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We are currently in the waiting stage of the adoption process. Last night I watched the movie "Off and Running" ([url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083853/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1]Off and Running (2009) - IMDb[/url]) and I was a little disturbed by the young adopted woman's (Avery's) thoughts about...
New mom in trouble
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Stories About "Abortion"

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"Abortion" on Adoption.com

Abortion: Abortions, Pregnancy, Family - Adoption Topics
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Web Results for "Abortion"

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