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Originally Posted by pcjohnnyb  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. |
My niece just had a "problem pregnancy" with a lot of complications. She had to be on bed rest a lot and almost went into early labor several times. They ran boodles of tests on her and after every test they told her things like "Good chance the baby will have Down Syndrome...Will be mentally Retarded...We don't see all 4 limbs....The fetus is too small.....You will not make it full term....We believe your son might be born with Tay Sachs....We want to try and hold you off awhile longer but right now your son has stopped growing." She gave birth to a boy who was larger than her first son, has all of his arms and legs, has no birth defects, is mentally sound so far and is completely healthy. They scared the heck out of her and her husband the whole time and I don't think they were just playing mind games. But they went thru all of that and Matthew is a healthy and beautiful little boy. I would have had to have him no matter what the doctors said too.