Mild retardation I could take. I would freely have a kid with downs syndrome as they are some of the sweetest people in the world. Something severe like what you are suggesting though is not something I could do. Such a child would never have the chance to grow up or become independent. They would have no achievements and no accomplishments. They would essentially be a trapped prison of flesh that required constant nurture that I know I would not be able to provide in the long term.
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I guess I'd abort it, though I would prefer to consider it as euthanasia, a process which is way more justifiable, si vous demandez a moi. However, if my partner didn't want it, then I would by no means pressure her. It is her body, and it's not up to me to decide what to do with what's growing inside of it.
I would say no because 1. I wouldn't want any child to grow up in this day and age much less one who would be picked on his whole life 2.I doubt I would know how to deal with this so I would abort it, to me the person would never truly live to begin with and it wouldn't be worth the pain of me and my partner and the pain he would no doubt feel.
Well right now I would abort any child. I'm only 18 and there is no way it would be good for me to have a child. If I was married and older I don't really know. I'd probably have it aborted, I just don't think it more humane to have someone living a life like that. It's just a bad situation for all
Abortion, I have a friend whose sister is like this, and I couldn't put any child through that. It is horrible, for us as the parents to know she will never know any kind of normality and for her where she will be constantly tormented and/or in pain.
I understand you wanting to think of others, but in this case you need to think not only of the fetus but society as well. If it were just you and the fetus yes it would be kinda selfish to abort, however in this if you don't abort then the child will need constant attention. to begin with it would remove your time which at first seems only to affect you but upon closer examination it can also affect the world. if you hadn't of been taking care of the child you may have cured a disease, or saved a life. now if you look further into the future you see the child after you die. It still needs constant attention, and now someone else suffers from your decision to not abort.Panda Mania said:
I wouldn't subject myself to bullshit like that. There's so much that can go wrong, hell, I myself could drop the damn thing on its head and retard it, why make it 100%? It's the responsibility of the parents to at least try to give their child a fighting chance until for some UNFORSEEABLE reason, shit hits the fan.
TriggerUnhappy said:
You just have such a bleek outlook on the situation and the world its not as cold and heartless place as you make it out to be. Even if your child isn't mentally retarded you still need to dedicate your whole life to them maybe not every waking moment but still you need to be there for them whenever they need you. And the thing that makes it all worth it is the good times that you spend with your children because it most certainly won't be all good times. And where are you getting this that the mentally retarded are incapable of living a full life do you know any mentally retarded people? Also there are programs where as adults they live in houses with other mentally retarded adults so they won't be shacking up with your relatives.
This is one of those few cases I do support abortion. No need to let the mother or the child suffer for longer than they have to. It would be tough for me to do, but I think I would if I found out early on.
For those who said, "adoption" I hate you. Just because you dont' have the balls to kill the child, society has to foot the bill because very few adoptions actually take place considering how many are in foster care and with that, no couple would pay the 30K required to adopt a completely unattractive option considering all the relatively normal kids that are available.
How dare you throw an unnecessary burden on society for no reason than naive stupidity.
How dare you throw an unnecessary burden on society for no reason than naive stupidity.
If I was told my baby would be autistic, or have a physical disability I would want to raise and love him/her, comes from a loving family and a christian upbringing, along with personal morals. I'm an eldest child, and my mum was told that I had a high chance of being mentally handicapped, she carried me to term anyway...and it turns out I'm perfectly normal and doing a Bachelor of Science etc.
However given the situation you described, I'd abort. I'd ask the doctor his opinion, and my wife's...but I'd strongly believe the child wouldn't be better off living. Being a one year old is as good as being in a vegetative coma, what the hell kind of life with that? Go and live in heaven little guy/girl and know that Mummy and Daddy love you and will miss you every day for the rest of their lives.
However given the situation you described, I'd abort. I'd ask the doctor his opinion, and my wife's...but I'd strongly believe the child wouldn't be better off living. Being a one year old is as good as being in a vegetative coma, what the hell kind of life with that? Go and live in heaven little guy/girl and know that Mummy and Daddy love you and will miss you every day for the rest of their lives.
I would choose to abort it, I don't see how anything good can come out of it. I mean I can think that when I see the kid smile I would feel all happy knowing the kid is there but all the other time it would be a burden. And no child deserves that.
If my partner didn't agree though I would try to convince her to put the child up for adoption. I just wouldn't be able to care for it without it being a burden.
If my partner didn't agree though I would try to convince her to put the child up for adoption. I just wouldn't be able to care for it without it being a burden.
I wouldn't be too sure about that. Have you ever seen mentally handicapped people? They're raging out all the time; probably out of frustration of not being able to communicate their thoughts or do things for themselves. I think it's reasonable to say that the mentally handicapped are quite miserable, especially when they grow up.Tharwen said:
I would abort the baby, I just wouldn't be able to handle looking after the poor child my entire life.
A lot of people will be like "OMG, you're killin' babees!" but no, we're not.HG131 said:
ABORT!
