"Properties of babies:
Capabable of indapendant life
Can feel pain
Can react to many complex stimuli
Are self aware
Can comunicate
Can see
Can feel.
Are concious
Are sentient

Properies of fetus:
NOT capable of indapendent life
Can't feel pain
Not self aware
Can't communicate
Are not concuious
Are not sentient"

FYI m8 a fetus can feel pain and self-awareness starts from a few months old to a few years old. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!

"I'm not capable of adoption."
Better that then kill your own child!

"I see children frequently abused by their parents. I will not add to the cycle of poverty and abuse."
It's nice that you have given us your perspective on the issue, please let me explain mine. My mother was 16 and my father wanted her to get an abortion. My parents, the one's who raise me, are the best in the world! I go to a great private high school, I live in a nice house, and I am, to be modest, fairly bright.

...my point is this, not all kids given up for adoption end up with abusive parents or scrounging around for food in dumpsters.

"I take comfort in knowing that it is the best decision for me."
Thank God my mother wasn't that selfish!!! I hope your happy...