Should all retarded fetuses be aborted?

keithjam
keithjam Posts: 38
edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
Should all retarded fetuses be aborted?

Your thoughts?

Let the war begin.
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  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    No. The choice should belong to the mother.
  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    The choice should belong to the family. But I believe I would choose to Abort. But I can't say for sure......never now how I would feel if it actually happened.
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    what the hell kind of question is that?

    did you really expect a 'yes' answer?
  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    _outlaw wrote:
    what the hell kind of question is that?

    did you really expect a 'yes' answer?

    I almost said yes. But then decided to think a little longer about the question.
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    brandon10 wrote:
    I almost said yes. But then decided to think a little longer about the question.
    you almost said that "ALL" retarded fetuses should be aborted? even if they weren't yours?

    there are two sides (basically): pro-life, which advocates NO abortion, and pro-choice, which advocates the mother choosing whether or not to keep the baby. There is pretty much no legitimate side that advocates the abortion of ALL retarded babies.
  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    then there wouldn't be anyone to support the Republican party...so yes
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  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    it's evolution baby!!!!!!!!
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  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    _outlaw wrote:
    you almost said that "ALL" retarded fetuses should be aborted? even if they weren't yours?

    there are two sides (basically): pro-life, which advocates NO abortion, and pro-choice, which advocates the mother choosing whether or not to keep the baby. There is pretty much no legitimate side that advocates the abortion of ALL retarded babies.


    See that's the difference between me and republicans. Although I may feel that the world may be better off without retards, I would never ever consider forcing my belief on others.
  • not for me?
    not for me? Posts: 501
    They're still fucking human. You all make me sick.
    Nathan
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    not for me? wrote:
    They're still fucking human. You all make me sick.
    It’s an entirely moral issue, either you believe abortion is wrong, or you don’t. Each side has such deeply established opinions that any debate about abortion pretty much turns into a screaming match to see which side can get the most offended. I don't think i have ever contributed to an abortion debate on here.

    With such an emotionally charged situation you’re never going to change anybody’s mind. What people arguing for or against abortion really need to do, is to try to respect the other side, no matter how wrong you think they are and realize sometimes people just don’t agree. It will eat you up otherwise. You just have to accept that people are going to feel differently on this issue.
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    ive actually been wondering about this.

    Recently a friend of mine had a baby that was diagnosed with a disease that keeps the brain from growing with the body. Some doctors said it would live to be a year old, others said it wouldnt live a day.

    They both were wrong (the baby passed away after three days, and WAS NOT something that any mother should ever have to witness BUT she did have those three days with her and got to see her eyes...



    I really don't think i could know the answer unless faced in the same situation. My instinct would say, yeah abort. Its hard enough for perfectly normal children in the world. It would all depend on the diagnosis i guess. After numerous numerous second opinions , i guess one just has to make an educated and caring choice.
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    Strangest Tribe wrote:
    then there wouldn't be anyone to support the Republican party...so yes



    god i love political humor :D
  • Cuntified C
    Cuntified C Posts: 114
    I find the term 'retarded' to describe down syndrome babies rather offensive I have to say. And I agree that that choice is down to the mother.
  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    a simple question here? how many of the repliers so far have had real interactions with a downs child?

    and next question. does a child with a learning, or developmental disability have less right to live than an adult who chooses to rape and abuse children ... or an adult who beats his own child so severely that child then ends up with brain injury and is therefore limited for the rest of their lives?

    last question. who measures quality of life? you ? me? simple pleasures can be taken from what may seem mundane and unimportant to you.
    impatience is a gift ........
  • Riot_Rain
    Riot_Rain Posts: 348
    Would the child have any quality of living?
    Would the mother be in danger if the pregnancy was full-term and/or she gave birth?

    There are more sides to this question than just yes or no on principle. My answer would depend on a complete assessment of an individual situation.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Cuntified C wrote:
    I find the term 'retarded' to describe down syndrome babies rather offensive I have to say. And I agree that that choice is down to the mother.


    the OP didnt mention Down Syndrome...


    retarded
    # relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"

    i think the OP was meaning more than just Down Syndrome kids... retarded is just catch all phrase.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    zenith wrote:
    a simple question here? how many of the repliers so far have had real interactions with a downs child?
    Worked with down's and autism cases for 7 years as a weekend job.
    and next question. does a child with a learning, or developmental disability have less right to live than an adult who chooses to rape and abuse children ... or an adult who beats his own child so severely that child then ends up with brain injury and is therefore limited for the rest of their lives?
    Apples and oranges. Aborting a life that hasn't started is not the same as terminating a full grown one. As for when their life starts after birth, they certainly have a right to live, as do the child molester and other fucks like that.
    last question. who measures quality of life? you ? me? simple pleasures can be taken from what may seem mundane and unimportant to you.
    Certainly, but it is essentially your own judgement on the matter that counts. Or at least that's the way it should be.

    The issue is a tough one to call, and as such, I defer it to individual judgement, as with abortion in general. A solid case can be made either way of what is "right" to do. What I would do, I do not know. And frankly I hope I never have to consider it. But I deeply respect those that choose to go ahead anyway.

    Peace
    Dan
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  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    double post
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • riffrandall
    riffrandall Posts: 685
    Let's ask the parents of the kids at the Bridge School how they would answer this question.

    My gut reaction:

    A 25 year-old single single woman who got pregnant kinda sorta by accident might answer this question differently than a 35 year old married woman who has been trying through years of painful IVF treatments to get pregnant.

    What side of the aisle they vote on would not affect a decision in this case.
    "If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch, you're out of luck."
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Cuntified C wrote:
    I find the term 'retarded' to describe down syndrome babies rather offensive I have to say. And I agree that that choice is down to the mother.

    ahhh, it's getting awfully stuffy in here...
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