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Originally Posted by This_person  If it were my kid? No question, carry to term, raise the child to the best of my abilities, and pray daily for a cure to whatever the problem is.
I don't put varying values on other people's lives because of what a doctor predicts, or what other may think their quality of life may be - they're all priceless. |
I find this a hard question to address.
I was initially (before he posted it) on bob's side...in that it isn't really a bad thing to keep people out of this world that will only be a burden on it. I can't say I would do the same for my kid though, selfish as that may be. I think if I was told by a doctor that my soon-to-be kid was PROBABLY going to have a mental illness, I would have to say to have it anyway because there is a chance it COULD be fine. Even if it wasn't, its still your kid and you are responsible for its upbringing...right?
Definitely a tough issue. I'm totally for the choice of abortion/birth, but I don't think under MANY circumstances could I have a kid of my own aborted.