Abortion is, obviously, a horrible horrible thing. But in this case it's just the most humane thing to do.
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Sounds incredibly selfish, but incredibly true.HG131 said:
It's going to be a very long time before I'm ready to stop living my life for me, and start living it for my child(ren), but even then, I won't accept a completely miserable life, especially if I can do something about it.
Selfishness aside, the child simply wouldn't be happy. It wouldn't be able to think beyond an infant's basic needs, because it will never develop beyond that point.
I would go for the abortion...it wouldn't be fair on the child OR the people who have to look after it. It's no life for a person, to be mentally caged in such a way. And adoption would just be cruel on the child so...abortion it is.
Not that I'm blase about abortion, I don't think it should be undertaken lightly. But even if my partner wanted to keep the child, I would abort it anyway. That's a burden that no person should have to bear. That makes me sound horrible, but it was meant in the least horrible way possible.
Not that I'm blase about abortion, I don't think it should be undertaken lightly. But even if my partner wanted to keep the child, I would abort it anyway. That's a burden that no person should have to bear. That makes me sound horrible, but it was meant in the least horrible way possible.
Well that's a dangerous slope ... let's say if there was a genetic test to see if your child was going to suffer from dwarfism. Just because he/she will be ridiculed a bit for it by the crueler kids in school and wouldn't have a chance at normal life you should abort the child? Might be a bit unfair to say, but I think perfectly relevant given little people can suffer health problems and the inability to reach anything above the third shelf in a supermarket is still a disability.HG131 said:
Like most things you have to have definitions and degrees. Besides, it's not just yopur child. If you accidentally knock up your girlfriend, and you want her to have an abortion, but she doesn't, then generally speaking you don't have much choice in the matter.
You know, if a woman wants to have her child and she 'accidentally' miscarriages due to your 'misadventures' then I think people may have a good cause to put you away for 8 years. Okay but my point was where do you draw the line?HG131 said:
In the end it's about what the parents want (or more specifically the mother).
Pssh, you silly person. You won't get caught unless you forget to wear the bag over your head!PaulH said:
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Wow. That's a lot of abortions. I wonder how, with results like this, mentally challenged babies can even be born at all.
Well, I know for a fact I'm not ready for a kid at all retarded or not. I'd probably have the kid aborted and if she wouldn't abort it, I'd bail.
If the girlfriend or wife agrees, I'd have that baby aborted without a second thought.
I'd kill myself before I would raise (or pay child support for) a retard with the permanent mindset of a toddler.
I'd kill myself before I would raise (or pay child support for) a retard with the permanent mindset of a toddler.
Adoption would let the child to a grim fate as mentioned already.
And no less grim fate to many of those who would have their parents caring for them regardless. Of course most children with such severe mutations hardly survive childhood. But many outlive their parents/carers, and end up without any love or support anyway.
To play safe for me and for them abortion would be the best thing to do in my opinion.
And no less grim fate to many of those who would have their parents caring for them regardless. Of course most children with such severe mutations hardly survive childhood. But many outlive their parents/carers, and end up without any love or support anyway.
To play safe for me and for them abortion would be the best thing to do in my opinion.
