[FourPeas]

I am always impressed by a young woman who can take so seriously the impact of her decisions on her children. I honor Miss Ranstead for putting the welfare of her child first.

[laweeks]

But 3,299 other times DAILY, the decision is murder (I did say DAILY, didn't I?). God bless this young lady!

[GovernmentShrinker]

I'm impressed with her too. Trouble is, she is VERY atypical of teenagers who end up accidentally pregnant. Way too many who decide to carry to term aren't mature enough to give up their cute cuddlesome new plaything, and keep it for a for a few years, through a series of boyfriends and increasing neglect, until authorities finally step in to seize the now nearly unadoptable child. Then the mom's and/or the biological fathers refuse to relinquish custody, and the poor child bounces around the notorious foster care system, while the courts fiddle around for a few years. Finally, courts get around to declaring the children -- by now severely troubled and angry adolescents, and absolutely unadoptable -- "available for adoption". It's nice when the story turns out like the one above, but it's rare enough not to be a reasonable basis for PP's counseling policies.