"Kill all structural human misfits because of the likely burdens it might bring to "normal mothers"?
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This is an absolute minefield.
I have always been completely against abortion myself. I'm not at all religious, and I have never judged a woman for exercising her right to choose. But I always thought it was something I would never do.
I felt this so strongly that, despite having a severely disabled daughter, I decided against having any tests when I was pregnant later. (My youngest turned out fine.)
But this is where it gets tricky...
My friend found out through a scan that she was expecting conjoined twins - conjoined in a way that there was no reasonable hope of successful separation.
She had an abortion. Ever since then I've wondered if I would too in her position. The answer would probably have to be yes.
My friend made her decision on the basis that her twins would have had no prospect at all of any decent quality of life.
Who can blame her?
I don't think most people take these sorts of decisions lightly, and I think most people who have to make these awful decisions are thinking about the pain and distress their children will suffer, rather than the stress they themselves will undergo.
As I said, tricky subject. No easy answers.
A lot of people fail to realise the consiquences of not having unborn foetuses screened at an early stage to detect abnormalities. Having a disabled baby into some familys can tear that family apart especially if there are already a couple of young children in that family. It may seem cruel and heartless as it is a life but these people only seem to see black and white. God forbid anyones child is found to be disabled on scans but its a terrible cross to bear bringing up disabled children, more so the severely handicapped unless you are a very special person which, unfortunately, most parents arent.
I may be thumbed down now but to be honest, if any of my four daughters had shown signs of being severely disabled I would have not had too many issues racing through my mind to terminate the foetus. Am I selfish? I guess I am. but I honestly know I couldn't of handled it and my whole family would have suffered for it.
Not everyone has to go through this, some people can quite happily bring a severely diabled child up but most couldn't so do you not think in the real world parents should have a choice weighing up all the consiquences of this.. don't forget, they have the option of councelling to talk the whole thing through. It isn't simply. dont want it. bang .. bye bye.
It MUST be down to the individuals to decide, not someone who it doesnt involve directly..
Graham
I suppose it depends on the defect and what kind of life the baby would have.? Aborting the baby for a managable defect is not right, if the baby can have an enjoyable life.
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