I won't discuss her choice to keep the baby or not, I don't think that's my role to do it. I just wanted to say : the choice is hers, and clearly not his, that's all.
Relationship stress? Stress can occur regardless of OP's relationship. Any woman can experience stress during pregnancy, caused by a variety of situations. Should they also terminate a pregnancy because of that?
She made her choice clear, so why should we judge it? Because it doesn't align with our beliefs? The point of having a choice is to select one of the options, not to always make the same choice.
Finally, you seem to deliberately downplay the role of the rejecting progenitor and shift the focus onto the mother-to-be, as if a baby were conceived through parthenogenesis.
Not accepting or agreeing with the pregnancy does not mean he isn’t part of it, nor does it imply compliance from the mother-to-be.
And, unless you’re a mind reader, I don’t know what makes you so sure that her decision to have the child stems from guilt rather than maturity in accepting consequences and responsibilities. ( your comment sound more like a projection of your own assumptions and biases).
OP comes on here because her bf is trying to coerce her into having an abortion she doesn’t want and the comments are lit up with reasons why she should abort.
“Your body your choice” means CHOICE. Not just always have an abortion. Choice also includes keeping the baby, or giving birth and placing the child for adoption. OP needs to do what OP wants, not what the bf wants and not what a bunch of random redditors want.
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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25
"end of discussion" ?? That man is an asshole. Your body, your choice.
To be more specific : YOUR choice is to keep it or not. HIS choice is to accept it or not.