Dilemma #1
Leslie is from a wealthy, powerful and well-esteemed family. Her parents and other relatives are involved in politics and are prominent in society. She is currently studying as a law student in a prestigious university and will be graduating with flying colours when she had this very intimate relationship with her new boyfriend. Although she is against Pre-marital Sex, she still agreed to do it because she “loves” him. After a month, she discovered that she’s pregnant and don’t know what to do. When she informed her parents about it, they got angry and threatened her that if she will pursue it, they will disown her. Her boyfriend, upon learning about it, refused in taking the responsibility and transferred to another university.
She wanted to follow her parent’s decision but she’s totally confused on the whether she’s going to do abortion or not. What will she do?
Suggested solution:
There are a lot of cases happening today similar to what Leslie is having at the same time. For the fact that she lived a prosperous life, it seemed so hard to choose between solutions she didn’t even know what.
If I would be on Leslie’s shoes, I think it is still better to accept her fate because firstly, it’s her choice to do it, and we cannot do anything to it now. Second, there is already a life inside her that she has to keep and protect whatever happens for this is God’s will and whatever will happen is left in Him. Who knows, there will be a better outcome for this.
For Leslie’s predicament about her parents, she have to explain to them clearly her plans and as a student, she doesn’t know what to do and all she needs is her parents beside her. For sure, if not immediately, her parents would be able to understand her and that all of them will aid each other.
Dilemma #2
Gina is three months pregnant. For the fact that she was so excited for their first baby, she already bought in advance some stuffs for him (baby). No one could sense what Gina is feeling at the moment, for only one problem: she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Now the couple have to decide; Gina’s life or the baby inside her womb? It’s the both of them at stake, who should they be choosing if not to abort the baby?
Suggested solution:
What first advice I give the couple is that, they should consider second opinion from other doctors for her health status and if they gave the couple the same result, then they should now shift to other plans.
In simplest words, she should choose to save herself before the baby for the reason that she has the higher tendency to survive after the therapy (if needed) because saving the baby might lead to its death also because it is premature still in development.
But Gina’s position is very hard to tell at the moment for she’s becoming herself a mother—a stage where everything changes, and that she is already prepared for it. If not to rescue the baby, she might have killed herself for too much depression. For this, she should have take a series of counselling first before taking in considerations the actions needed to be chosen.
Dilemma # 3
Ruth is a nurse volunteer in one of the baranggays in the south. Although she knows that she will not earn much as what she will be able to earn abroad, she still go after her dream to serve the community.
After a day of mission, she went home to her temporary residence. She didn’t notice someone was following right after her. The stranger, which is a man, knocked her off until she lost herself.
She woke up in a hospital having injuries she was not aware of, until she remembered the night before. Months later, she found out she’s pregnant. She wondered how it will happen knowing herself without a boyfriend. She figured it out moths ago, something terrible happened to her. With much anger, she wanted to kill the baby inside her. Will it benefit her if she do that?
Suggested Solution:
Ruth is a victim of much hatred and agony. With what she experienced, she wanted to cut off herself. Realizing that her innocence is deprived, she would want to take aside what she has in her—this is common to every person. Not that its Ruth’s fault to behave like that, it’s a natural being of a man to be mad at a point of intensity.
Note that it is not always the best solution to decide at your own, it will be best if you consider someone’s opinion about your problem. Considering Ruth’s side, it cannot help her if she decides on her own. The baby inside her is a product of misconception, but it is absolutely not the baby’s fault. If she denies the fact that the baby is hers, and continue killing the baby, then she already killed her dignity, because it is unfair to say the least that a child must die for a mistake he/she did not make. It is also unbecoming of the mother who chooses abortion, as it only puts her in the same position as to the one who made it to her.
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