ya know b... that abort it statement... totally wrong... I used to think that way... have a kid though... TOTALLY changes your outlook on things...
If you can't afford it, or you aren't ready, give it up for adoption. There are THOUSANDS of people on waiting lists for newborn adoptions. My sister in-law can't have kids, and neither can my brother in-law. My sister in-law has adopted 2 kids, and my brother in-law is in the process of adopting a child as well.
I agree about the girl running off being stupid... But 15 year old girls don't exactly think maturely... You can tell a young girl anything, and she'll listen.. especially if she has the slightest problem with her past.
And my co-worker that i sent this too... His daughter is actually a foster daughter.. So there is only so much he can do... He has gone as far as making her give him her e-mail passwords, deleting her myspace account, taking her computer privildeges away... everything he can... She'll go over to her friend's house and recreate her accounts...
Sometimes it takes a fuckin reality check to make people realize..