I have been talkin to my older sister, who had a baby at 17 & the father wasn't really in the picture. I can't believe that she too seems to be encouraging her to get rid of it.
I hope that she can sit down with her feelings & make the choice she wants for her. Not because of others experiences. There is no reaosn my younger ssiter has to have a life like our older sister had because she had a baby at a young age. I think my older sister is forgetting that alot of her lifes "bad" times aren't because she had a baby, they are because of the choices she made after having the baby.
Its hard, when I think about it, I don't honestly think she fell pg because of the baby bonus. I think she knew how the father was goign to react as she was pretty scared about telling him. So I guess really, why would she do it for the money when she knew on some levels this is what the outcome would be.
I have been talking to my other half sister (who is the younger ones, full older sister, both younger then me) & she seems to be on the same track as me. Support her in her choice but let her make it for her self. Show her that positives & that she is strong enough to do this with out the father if that turns out to be the way it ends up.
Having a baby isn't the end of the world, its the beginging of a new life full of lvoe & Joy of raising a child.