Part 2: what if you found out their diagnosis 1 week after birth
how is severe downs defined? i thought it was an either/or thing. and they seem to be perfectly content with themselves?
interesting dilemma though, what is the limit between “who cares” and “this person probably suffers too much”?
one could probably think of a few shitty situations to be born in and when judging by this lens, shouldn’t the person decide if they have the faculties to express it? what if they don’t?
I think it’s ethical to abort if your fetus is perfectly healthy.
Without doubt.
Part 2: nope. Get used to changing babies.
It’s kinda besides the point. If a woman wants an abortion she should get an abortion. Downs syndrome or not, it doesn’t matter.
I don’t mean in a her body her choice kinda way, I mean is it more ethical to let them live their natural life knowing that they would possibly suffer immensely vs not letting them live a life at all
If it’s ethical to abort just because you don’t want the kid (and it is), then it’s ethical to abort for any reason.
Also, it’s no one’s business why people choose to abort.
it’s no one’s business why people choose to abort.
This. The only answer to “why” is “fuck off”, and for so many reasons. It’d suck to agonize over the decision, and once it’s made to then be second-guessed by some rando.
I mean more like “is a life of suffering worth living and would a parent want that for their kid” rather than the ethics of abortion
Preventing incurable pain and suffering to a conscious being is ethical. There is dignity in both life and death.
Yes.
I don’t know about the ethics, but forcing people to carry to term a baby with a significant developmental disability is unconscionable to me. It is very likely to ruin their marriage, finances, sanity, life, but the people that manage to do it are saints.
Have you guys spent much time around people with Down’s syndrome? It’s typically not a uniform “life of suffering” like what many comments seem to be assuming.
It’s fair enough to try to imagine how you would feel if you had a certain disability, but never assume you’re right about that, you might be surprised. Especially with intellectual differences, I don’t think you can really know what it would be like to be that person.
Can’t really say for part 1 but for part 2 it’s definitely not abortion anymore after birth so that is unethical in my opinion.
Abort whenever for whatever.
It is ethical to abort in the first part of the pregnancy. If tge fetus has a chance of disability or mental disorder.
No one is ready to take care of a disabled person instead of a healthy child.
It is ethical to give the child up for adoption (now tge adopter should be ready for the same problem).
Also it is also ethical to keep it.Yes, and infanticide is illegal.
Would it be ethical to knowingly give someone a 99% chance of a severe illness within a few months?
Bye Felicia
all children require constant care of you’re not willing to so that with people with disabilities then you’re just a eugenic
im not making a bullshit anti choice take btw
