Poll: You Discover Your Child Will Be...

[Carl Dillon]

.... either I didn't wear a condom or she wanted it

 

[Dark2003]

I would abort it, because i believe he or she would just be constantly struggling through life, and when im not there to take care of my child, who will?

Good question by the way

 

[silver wolf009]

An abortion. Im not going to give life to someone i know will only endure the cruel mocking laughs of onlookers.

 

[child of lileth]

Adoption. I just don't have the patience for some kid that isn't going to appreciate a single thing I do for it to begin with, plus it being an even bigger drain financially for all the medical and special attention it might need. It's just not worth it for me.

 

[YarnBarf]

Let me preface this by saying that I'm solidly pro-choice. I believe that questions like this are too complex and entirely too personal for anyone but the people involved to decide what's best. And I would choose to keep the child.

 

[Talvrae]

As a woman who is trying to have a child i have given serious taught about this issue from quite some times. And i would get an abortion, i think this is not a life that it's worth living to have to live with such a uge handicaps, Is live will be miserable, my lives and my parterns lives would be miserable and the live of everyone around would be affected and feel the pain we feel... It would be hard to do (to get the arbortion) but in the end i think it's better.

 

[ottenni]

I would raise it without hesitation (of course i cannot speak for the mother).

Why? Because its my child. I don't care if the child is a potato its still my child. Anyway what would it say about me as a person if i cant even take care of my child.

I have to ask though, what kind of child would it be? It'd never truly grow up, and there would be no sense of satisfaction from raising it. You'd simply be stuck raising it till you die, and afterward, it'd be a drain on those related to you who'd be forced to care for them.

It would still be a child, and it would be my child. And i would be proud of it that it just gets by.

If that's good enough for you, then that's fine. However, I have to ask, you wouldn't feel bad about the drain it would place on others after you died?

I wouldn't make this decision by myself i would also ask the opinions of my family (and the mother of course) and other who would have to take care of him/her in my absence. So thats really up to them. I just know what i would do.

It would still be a child, and it would be my child. And i would be proud of it that it just gets by.

It would only be a child for so long. Eventually it will grow up and become your 34 year old who still can't talk. It also wouldn't really get by, you (or someone else) would have to do pretty much everything for them.

And that doesn't bother me in the slightest. As i said above i will not make others care for my child but i will regardless.

 

[Foxbat Flyer]

Id abort it (with my girlfriend/wife's consent) although, this happened to my aunty. My cousin is about 14 years old with the mind of a 3-5 year old. I dont think i could bare (or is it bear?) it. It would be a very dificult decision. this is why you dont risk it and only do one night stands... or run away once they fall pregnant, but thats just cruel/harsh

 

[mathadawg]

I can't know for a fact, but I believe that I would raise the child myself. Yeah, it would be pretty much a vegetable, but it would be MY vegetable. I hope to be a father someday myself, and I could never stand to lose a child in any way. I don't care if it's abortion, natural death, or even losing to an adoption service. If the pregnancy test shows up positive, then it would be MY child, and that's the end of my argument. Yeah, I get that it would always be dependent on me and yaddah yaddah yaddah, but I couldn't care less. It would be my child, and I couldn't care less what the hell was wrong with it.

Yeah, as a teenager, I truly don't know what I would do. If I was in the situation, my morals could completely change. I don't know, but based off of my current moral structure, that is what I would do. It may sound stupid, and it probably is, but I don't care. I believe that it would be the right thing to do, and that's all there is too it.

 

[Mr.Napier]

if I found out my kid was going to be retarded Id get a hold of a television network tell them the story and and have the whole thing turned into a reality show.

 

[LitleWaffle]

Honestly, abortion.

I don't care for the thought that abortions are morally wrong and all that. I would rather end his life before he has to suffer than to make him suffer through life without him ever succeeding at anything.

 

[Instinct Blues]

I wouldn't be able to abort the child because I just wouldn't not that I'm against I just wouldn't be able to. Also I believe everyone who I saw say they would abort were doing so for selfish reasons and quite frankly I wouldn't want that type of person raising any child.

 

[Grey_Focks]

yea....I'd have it aborted. I must admit, before i saw the results I expected abortion would be in the minority.

Apparently we're all cold heartless killers. Even as I type this I just smashed a bug on my wall.

 

[savandicus]

Ehhh....

I would be sorely tempted to abort it (as early as possible), but being a believer in God and the sanctity of life...Hm. The thing with giving it up for adoption is-would anyone even have her/him? I mean, when people look for a child to adopt, this is the LAST thing they're looking for. It is a heavy burden to raise such a child.

I guess I wouldn't know for sure until something like this actually happened.

I have to ask (surely out of curiosity), why do you find life sacred?
Personally, I believe life itself to be magical and a miracle, but individual lives mean nothing to me.

The general Christian point of veiw on abortion is that after the moment of conception a baby is alive and therefore killing it is murder in the same way that killing anyone else is murder. I believe thats taken from several verses in the bible although since it's not an issue i've ever been faced with i havent actually looked into it very much.

Its a pretty tough thing to believe though because if you accept that abortion is murder it means that there are literally millions of children murdered each year because people never learned to use protection, which is a pretty depression thought.

On the original question though i personally would not abort, who am i to say that a child does not deserve to live unless it is above a certain intelligence level.

 

[Thedayrecker]

Personally I'd abort, but I'm not a woman, so it's not my choice.

Really you should follow the female in this situation, and if she chooses, what you consider is, the wrong choice, then you shouldn't have been sticking your dick in there(unprotected) in the first place.

 

[TriggerUnhappy]

I wouldn't be able to abort the child because I just wouldn't not that I'm against I just wouldn't be able to. Also I believe everyone who I saw say they would abort were doing so for selfish reasons and quite frankly I wouldn't want that type of person raising any child.

I'll readily admit my reasoning is selfish, and honestly I don't care. I wouldn't spend my entire life dedicated to a vegetable. Not only that, but the child doesn't just affect you, for once you die, your relatives are stuck with the job of caring for it. Not to mention, it would be a drain on society's space and resources, and with overpopulation already rising, I don't see the point in letting something survive that could never learn to live and appreciate life anyways. Perhaps that makes me a cold heartless bastard, but the world is a cold place, and the kid would never even know it was in it. Just my two cents.

 

[TriggerUnhappy]

Ehhh....

I would be sorely tempted to abort it (as early as possible), but being a believer in God and the sanctity of life...Hm. The thing with giving it up for adoption is-would anyone even have her/him? I mean, when people look for a child to adopt, this is the LAST thing they're looking for. It is a heavy burden to raise such a child.

I guess I wouldn't know for sure until something like this actually happened.

I have to ask (surely out of curiosity), why do you find life sacred?
Personally, I believe life itself to be magical and a miracle, but individual lives mean nothing to me.

The general Christian point of veiw on abortion is that after the moment of conception a baby is alive and therefore killing it is murder in the same way that killing anyone else is murder. I believe thats taken from several verses in the bible although since it's not an issue i've ever been faced with i havent actually looked into it very much.

Its a pretty tough thing to believe though because if you accept that abortion is murder it means that there are literally millions of children murdered each year because people never learned to use protection, which is a pretty depression thought.

On the original question though i personally would not abort, who am i to say that a child does not deserve to live unless it is above a certain intelligence level.

I understand the whole Christian thing, I was just curious why they found the kid's life sacred.

 

[The Stonker]

The child can never grow up to have a life.
Family,love,career or education poof nope he's a vegeteble.
This child will never be able to experience life as it is and it will destroy yours so I am pro abortion because people can decide what to do with their bodies and minds.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I'd abort. It would only drain both of us and society.

Yeah, that sounds evil and soul-less as all hell, but none the less...

I don't think you're evil and soulless. I'd do the same.

 

[Mcface]

Don't have the time, money or Patience for that. Abort!