your body your choice

Submitted by Charlotte (United States), Jul 8, 2010 at 04:30

You already know the answer -

there is no guarantee of tomorrow, even if he agreed to stay for NOW he could always change his mind later. It's YOU who has to live with the decision, hence make the one that is easiest for you to live with. If you want this child, if you will have no problem economically, socially or mentally raising it, then go ahead with your pregnancy - don't let the fate of this baby rest on HIM - let it rest on what YOU want and the quality of it's life regardless of whether or not the father is in the picture. However, if you don't want to raise a baby alone, if you can not afford it and feel the baby will suffer, then give it a compassionate ending while you can. Don't let this man in any way effect your decision, it's YOUR body and YOUR baby - he shouldn't have shared his sperm with someone he wasn't willing to make a kid with. If he walks, be sure to remind him Allah said leaving children fatherless is a great sin.

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