So Very Young

Yesterday I counseled a girl in Queens who is only 14. I'll call her Tammi. She came with her friend, and they were very talkative and open. She said she was undecided mostly because she's so young and her boyfriend, who is 15, wants her to have an abortion. She said "But, he's really confusing me cause, I would be killing my baby, and I don't know if I can do that, but he does have a point, we are really young and I don't know if we can do this." So, we talked about the side effects that can happen from having an abortion. After talking through it all, she said "So what you're saying is, abortion is pretty horrible and it's not really worth it." Yes, that's what I'm saying.
She came back today for a sonogram.