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As I am standing waiting for my train, a young pregnant girl (in her late teens or early twenties) comes up to me and says in a low and raspy voice... "Can I ask you a question?" I turn to look at her and she's either not feeling well or she's on some kind of drugs. She says, "Do you have spare change so my baby and I can eat?" For a split second, I felt sorry for her and almost dug into my purse to get some change, but my train was coming and I said to her, "Sorry, I don't have any."

And every day for the past week or so she continues to come up to me (and to everyone else whose standing around) asking for money for food. It's terrible knowing that she uses her pregnancy as part of her trick to get money from people. A couple of times, I've seen an older guy talking to her (he looks like he's part of this little scheme) and she begins her rounds.

Today, for the first time, I felt a mixed emotion of sorrow and disgust. But the one person I truly felt sorry for is the little baby she is carrying inside of her. The young girl was smoking a cigarette as she went around asking for money. So not only is she smoking while she's pregnant, but you know she's a junkie and is using whatever money she gets for drugs.

If you don't care about yourself that's one thing, but then why bring an innocent child into this world? How can you continue what you are doing while being pregnant? The poor little baby is going to come into this world with serious problems and addictions and who knows where it may end up. This baby doesn't deserve this.

It's so sad.. just thinking of how many pregnant girls are out there doing the same not only to themselves but to their babies.