If you knew during early pregnancy that your baby had down Syndrone, would you still give birth or have the child aborted?

(to any mothers/fathers out there who have DS kids i trust the wording i have just used does not cause offence. Its a question however which is areal choice some have had to face no doubt)

Im of the thinking if this were to happen to me i would most definatley keep the child and love them same way.

No. I got a DS cousin and wouldn't contemplate something like that at all. I doubt even those who would, would admit such a thing though

I would abort, if it were copacetic with my future wife.. I don't see a fetus as "alive" until it can survive on its own outside of the mothers body. Therefore, it is not a living person, only an extension of the mother. I am all for reproductive rights of the mother and father.

The reason I would abort should be obvious. If itcan be avoided, I think it is cruel to bring a life into this world fully knowing they will suffer from diseaseand there is nothing you or the child can do to prevent it.

LeMoor,

I cannot say what I would or wouldn't do, although I do not think I could abort my child for a couple of reasons 1) I was always taught that abortion is wrong( Unless it threatens your life 2) A friend personal experiences with it convinces me not to. Her doctor told her that if she has another abortion that she was going to be infertile 3) I wonder what would that child be like. Whether the child has /don't have downs syndrome, they are human beings also. Sometimes I get irked at people who say they get abortions and classify the fetus as "nothing" I wondered would they say if their parents called them that?

I would like to say that I wouldn't and that I would keep the child regardless, but in all honesty I don't really know. There are different levels of severity and I don't know if I could truly cope with a severly disabled child.

But that's me saying that now, I could change my mind in a few years time.

Don't know. I have seen many DS children flourish and live long lives. But at the same time, I would have to be prepared to go the extra mile in raising a child that would have apermanent, non-curable disabling condition. Don't know if I could deal with that. It's hard enough to raise healthy children, nevertheless a mentally challenged child.

Having said that, my sister adopted a mentally challenged girl - she's lovely!! So, can't say what I would do if I faced that reality. I wouldn't look down on people who choose abortion in such situations.

is it not an extension of the father too?

Kunjufu wrote:
Is there ever a valid (not evil) reason to abort a child in your mind?

Sistren wrote:
Of course it is. However, I would be interesting to see the day whena man could tell the woman i the middle of her pregnancy, "you know what, I really don't want this child" and then be able to force her to terminate the pregnancy.

Most people would speak from their inability to raise a downsyndrome child than anything as in they wouldn't want to raise one.Its all about designer pickney.

Bet no one knows what downsyndrome is about other than it beingdisfiguring and horrible to look at let alone push down the street.

Hubby says abort but I'm not so sure.

People have been saying it's inhumane to bring a child like this into the world, but they would know no difference.

It's not like the child was normal, then was struck by illness or knocked over and left with brain damage.