I've never been pregnant so I'm just speculating here. But why aren't more young mothers in desperate straits giving their kids up for adoption? This is not to say that they shouldn't have other options, like abortion. But in thinking of my younger self, I can't imagine choosing to keep my baby had I gotten pregnant by mistake. I'm guessing that the young women who are too embarrassed of being pregnant will have abortions, and the ones who aren't are keeping their babies. I just can't understand why they would choose single motherhood. Not that we shouldn't do everything we can for single mothers. I just can't understand why a woman who still has a lot of financial settling-in to do would want to be a mother.