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I'm thinking of cases where the baby is born with half of its brain and no matter the medical care the baby will die within a month. They are usually deaf, blind and have almost no awareness. Clearly you can not adopt the child away either..
I honestly don’t know what to exactly answer with, hospitals and such can get these things wrong and i know stories similar although not like this where they had problems but weren’t necessarily “disabled” disabled as they made it seem like. See they have more limits then a casual human has and need a supporting-role from someone for their whole life, but they can still live and enjoy things in life even though they’re mentally not as capable. I think that personally for me it would be the woman in my life who would truly make feel as if i want to care / abort it depending on her opinion and how it makes her feel, (If it made her feel like a shit mother or simply depressed i would probably prefer to abort it althought it would cut deep, do believe a man needs to take those tough kinds decisions when times comes to shove) though your environment around you and life-experiences will certainly make your opinion on this clear. I know of stories and some people who are less mentally-capable, but as long as i don’t get a woman pregnant and a experience like this there’s no genuine way to tell how i would feel about it and how i would deal with it. For me the money and costs that comes from it wouldn’t even come to my thoughts, it’s literally a part of me and the woman i love it could be worth a 100,000 bucks and i still wouldn’t care. They’re not a pair of shoes, they’re children for godsakes. Great question and definitely a effective way to make people question their way of thinking, have to admit i was surprised you were merely 20 but as i personally believe: Older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser, sometimes it means the opposite.
I'd vote yes... get rid of it. I mean what if it lived. This chick I used to have a crush on had a brother that was just in a bed all retarded and shit. She told me he does nothing... basically brain dead and just shits himself all day. Youngest child... I wonder why the child making stopped. Why the Dad fucking left. But they had that human corpse there in the living room like a piece of furniture. Really depressing shit to see. Tortured everyone in that family to take care of the nothing in the corner of the room. Talk about sad man.
Nurse here. I work in a hospital that has a world class children's hospital. I have a friend that works in that hospital. I know the cost of a NICU stay. It is a crushing amount. That is just the financial reasoning.
The child will have NO quality of life in any meaning of the phrase. The child's very short existence with be and existence of pure agony, pain, distress, and helplessness. The child will be born into a world only to suffer and be tortured until it's inevitable death.
I would not carry it to full term, and would not expect my partner to do that either.
I would definitely keep the baby cuz ultrasounds aren't always right about medical issues. Like doctors begged my mom to abort my brother cuz they thought he didn't have kidneys but he really had one and has lived a completely normal life so I just would never trust a ultrasound to be right.
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Yes. Because it’s selfish to birth a child into this world knowing it is severely disabled. It’s also selfish to put the child through pain knowing it won’t live long. I personally wouldn’t want a disabled child because they are more expensive as it is over a child with no disabilities. I think it’s selfish to bring a child into this world where it could never be independent and i would be miserable being a caretaker for the rest of my life. So yeah, i would abort it…
No defiantly not. I think abortion is a last resort. I feel like this would be a horrible situation. But I love my children.
It’s the same as you don’t kill someone whose injured to the point of no return. At best you let them die peacefully
Yes I would.
I work within the wellfare sector in Denmark & here cost would not be a factor. Quality of life for the child or lack here of would.
Just within 6 months, we've lost 2 children at my work place, a 7 year old and a 16 year old - I honestly think that they're better off now and are finally able to rest. - here I don't mean religiously.
Depends on country and circumstances.
Also, don't forget that just because doctors say a child will be "sick" and "have a poor life," does not necessarily make it fact.
Steven Hawking by pure genetics should have been aborted. But he went on to be a great contributor.
I've heard of cases where Dr's said there was a terrible problem and they had the baby anyway... with lots of prayers over time, and turned out ok, healthy baby. I've seen Dr's diagnose using MRIs damaged spines and multiple recommendations for surgery, to find out physical therapy solved the problem.
I've seen too many screw ups with Western medicine to put my weight on what they say.
It's a very personal question between the people involved and that's it, and it's why I think govt should stay out of peoples lives in that regards.
This is one of the extreme cases that i always talk about, yes i'll tell her to abort the baby, even though i'm against abortion!
You can't watch an innocent soul suffering in front of you till death while your helpless and can't do a thing about it!
This is soul crushing to read. But i’d pray for the best and do like Apple mentioned below because i know so many docs and ultrasounds who got things wrong
No. I know too many people who were told that their baby had no chance of survival, and the doctors were wrong.
The baby is getting aborted either way so shrugs so unless that's gonna cause some issues with the abortion I don't know why they feel the need to tell us. And if one did want a baby, welp abort this one go have sex wait for the next one every other animal has multiple kids just for the ones that don't make it really why would be any different well aside from already over population.
I dont know. My nephew was born with a massive heart defect. For religious reasons his parents didn't abort. He underwent multiple bypass surgeries and was given a two month life expectancy.
Im not particularly religious but damn i even prayed for the little guy.
he's a fully functioning 8 year old now.
Obviously even pro-life people like me find extenuating circumstances that warrant termination to prevent suffering. That's completely different than aborting a perfectly healthy baby because a woman wanted consequence free sex without responsibility. Particularly disgusting killing a baby because neither her nor the guy could use any of the numerous birth control methods of contraception and instead justify killing children as a means of birth control.
Absolutely. I’m not that selfish. I’m not bringing my child into the world when I know for a fact it’s gonna suffer. It’s not fair.
Yes, I would abort. I wouldn't want my child to have a short life of pain and misery.
I'd abort a completely healthy baby so you already know my answer.
Well, that depends on how early in the pregnancy.
No, im anti abortion in all cases.
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