[nickcarraway]

Ping

[Jim W N]

'Adoption, not abortion?'

Mercy, not Murder?

Common Sense, not Raging Lunacy?

[Spok]

I am surprised they won’t bother to drive over a state line for an abortion. They sure will for marijuana.

[jagusafr]

Ballenger said. “How am I supposed to know what’s good for me, what’s good for my whole situation, in just a few days? No woman should be forced to make that kind of decision in less than two weeks. That’s just not humane.”

Pretty sure your child and his/her adoptive parents would disagree. At least she made the right decision.

[Fungi]

A single mother at 20 and just “discovered” she is pregnant. No, she is a promiscuous slut and suffered the consequences.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

How is it easier to kill your baby then wave goodbye?

I know letting a child go is heartbreaking even if you know that they will be going to parents who love and want them. It is even harder when you know they are going back into a situation that was so bad they were already removed once. But murder as a solution?

How does your mind even go there?

[b4me]

though I have never been in the woman in the articles position, it seems to me she made decisions to possibly get pregnant.

they weren’t too stressful for he in 1-2 days before hand, maybe even shorter time?

Maybe she should have weighed those moments of decision more so, to not then have pregnancy decisions to make?

each choice along the way has consequence. many don’t care until unwanted or unexpected result happens as consequence, then it’s not fair, too much pressure?

[NorthMountain]

“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she said. “It’s the most difficult thing I’ll ever do.”

That' may be.

But it's a hell of a lot easier for your son than being chopped up into little pieces ...

[Lizavetta]

For those who decry illegal border crossers (why don't they apply legally) or who decry people for not adopting, keep in mind it takes YEARS and boatloads of MONEY to do both. By design.

I know a wife who married her Navy husband, had two kids, and it still took years and lots of money to make her a legal American. My son and his wife have endured many miscarriages and stillborn children. They can't afford adoption even from a state agency. Tens of thousands of dollars and meanwhile babies and toddlers languish in foster care.

[GailA]

NO THE HARDEST THING YOU CAN DO IS BURY YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD SON, SOME F’ING SOCIOPATH KILLED FOR THRILLS. THEN FIGHT 6 PAROLE HEARINGS TO GET ANY JUSTICE.

[pas]

And yet she seems to think killing the baby was a better option.

[markman46]

I thank God everyday my biological mother put me up for adoption, my parents gave me a wonderful life.

[arthurus]

Not having a job and all, she surely should not have been out trying to get pregnant. If she was “sleeping around” she was trying to get pregnant whether she accepts that or not.

[Albion Wilde]

Hope the unmarried sex was worth it.

[usconservative]

Madelynn Ballenger discovered she was pregnant for the second time at 20 years old. Already a single mother to a young son, she didn’t know whether she could take on a second child physically or financially. “It was really, really scary,” Ballenger said. “I didn’t have a job. I wasn’t in a good position to be expecting another child.”

Let's see ...

She's the ideal Democrat voter:

Likely uneducated (high-school drop-out);
Unemployable/likely unemployable;
No Job;
No Baby Daddy present;
Pregnant again.

Gee. Wonder what party she supports?