ollowing night. Here I was this naive 15-year-old girl having to deal with her best friends problem. I told her that I thought it was a horrible idea and that anything could happen. I tried for almost three hours to get her to call her mom and tell her what was going on, she refused. I got off the phone in tears. When my mom asked me what was wrong I had no choice but to tell her. In between sobs I told my mom not to call my friends mom even though I knew it would be the right thing to do. My mom sat me down and explained to me that my friend was actually crying out for help. My friend was 14 at the time, not at all capable of handling the situation on her own, and whether she knew it or not she needed her mom. The next morning my mom called my friends mother. She asked her mom if she knew her daughter was pregnant, my friends mom of course said no. My mom proceeded to tell her everything that had transpired in the one week period that I knew my friend was pregnant. Her mom was astonished and shocked, I believe she even said I cant believe she didnt tell me.Within the next two weeks my friend went to have her abortion. Never once did she say anything to me, or anyone else, about it. I dont believe she had counseling either. The abortion completely changed my friends life and mine. She has never, and I believe, will never be the same, neither will our friendship. Some would argue that in my friends case abortion was the best answer. I do not believe it was. There is always adoption and always many couples unable to have a baby, who would have loved and cherished my friends baby. While many babies are taken for granted more often than not they are loved more than life itself. I realize that opposing sides have good arguments as well for example; 1) What about all those babies who end up in trash cans when that could have been prevented by an abortion?2) What about the young girls who have babies and their babies grow ...
