I'm so surprised - on a forum of people who supposedly are intelligent and do well in a bunch of science classes, I'd have expected a bit better. Cells die on a massive scale everyday. What about your skin? oh oh! Don't scratch your skin - You're killing cells! What to do, what to do??? What about periods? Everytime a girl has a period, that is another "human life" that is dead. Or every time a guy masturbates? There goes THOUSANDS of possible 'yous.' They are all dying. What are you going to do about it?
I agree that after a couple of months, the fetus is capable of thought and learning, and at that point, abortion is not an option unless under certain excruciating circumstances. But when it is just a massive clump of cells that isn't even a real body, I see little difference between aborting in the first trimester and having your period. After all, spontaneous abortions happen all the time naturally in your body - this is a way to protect you, the baby and civilization. It protects you from raising a child with severe defects and problems, it protects the baby from having to live such a life, and it saves the gene pool of that. I know it sounds harsh, but that's survival of the fittest - Darwin at its best. What is then so wrong with aborting for environmental reasons: you cannot provide the baby with the best environment. If you HAD to raise a baby, you should raise it in the best environment possible, with your full attention. A baby is not an impulsive decision. We are not hamsters, where babies mature in a month's span, and they run off to the wild to live by themselves. Babies require at LEAST a 16 year dedication. You cannot raise EVERY sperm and egg you have in your body. If you are to raise one, I see no problem with trying to raise one in the best environment for the baby.
If it came down to it, I would have no qualms with my mom choosing aborting me if it meant she could not raise me well or other circumstances. I would not want my mom to drop out of high school or college to raise me not-well. There are so many unwanted children in the world already - why add to the world's problems? Not only that, there is already an overpopulation issue. If it came down to it, yes, I say abort the fetus. Instead of using the efforts to half-assedly raise 5 unaborted children, raise 1 child very well.
That aside, I understand the OP said abortion is not an option. I respect other people to decide what they want on their own personal moral standards, I just wanted to say a couple of points regarding the abortion argument.
To the OP: I myself would not undergo school and pregnancy at the same time - I know what I am capable of and I do not want to do that. However, if you believe you can, then you should go for it. Optimally would have been not to put yourself in such a position. If you don't think you can manage both, you have to reconsider your options: which is more important, having and spending time with your baby or pharmacy school? if you can juggle these two things, but push came to shove, you have to decide which prioritizes first. I suggest, as other people have, getting a strong support system, one that you know you can count on. I wish you the best of luck with everything.
