Would be able to abort your child if was to be disabled

I'm not sure, probably not. Depends on the problem. I'd probably end up going full term.

They said my current one would have major problems and was high risk for certain malformations right up until he was born. But he's fine.

Most likely. But if I really wanted the child it would be a heartbreaking decision. I'm for abortion but I can imagine how hard it is for someone who wanted a child to discover that the child will be born with major disabilities.

Yes, but I'd feel guilty because I can be sensitive despite my sense.

I see no reason to birth a child that I know would have to suffer and live a substandard life. Also, providing suitable care for such a child would be expensive and time consuming.

I'm not exactly swimming in cash, so it would be bad for both the child and me.

Call me pessimistic, but undeveloped children probably can't wish to be born, but when they're grown, they can wish not to have been born.

Heck, I'm not even disabled, but I still wish someone had shucked my parents some Monsanto corn before they conceived me (expression, that's likely just a wacky conspiracy theory).

if anyone here is pro life, read testimonies by parents of disabled children. they’re all fucking miserable and suicidal unless they’re rich enough to afford a bunch of nannies and medications for their kid.

I think this needs a BIG FAT "depends" option.

How long have you been trying to conceive? What are your chances of being able to conceive again, and will this same problem be likely to come up again? Do you already have other children that will be negatively affected by this disability? Can you afford to care for a severely disabled child? What kind of disability is it? How likely are they to have this disability?

The amount of variables is making my head explode, as you can tell.

I want to say I'll pull the plug and be righteous about it, but... deep down I know I wouldn't. That's my baby, fucked up or not. Until he/she dies on its own from complications or the doctor gives me no choice, I would probably go broke for him/her and give that child every bit of my life.

I don't know enough about the condition, but a quick search on it says that the effects on the child's life can range considerably from mild to severe. So, I would have to say no, I wouldn't abort. I would rather deal with the consequences rather than live with the guilt knowing I willingly killed a baby for no other reason other than it was disabled.

I am anti-abortion, but I'm still a little taken aback by the number of votes that wouldn't even feel guilty about it.

If I found out of a high probability of a serious abnormality at an early stage of pregnancy, I would consider an abortion, with input and consent from my partner of course. However if the foetus is more well developed in the later stages, heart beat developed, etc, I would definitely keep the baby.

Some of the most prominent and exceptional human beings are disabled and some born so, to name a few - Nick Vujicic, Stephen Hawking and Frida Kahlo. I've never had anything against people with physical disabilities and it won't start with my unborn child.

Everyone has some type of disability anyways, if not physical, there are other types of arguably even more crippling disabilities - social, mental, spiritual, verbal, emotional, etc. Life is what you decide to make of it.

Whether it's disabled or not, I'd abort it. My boyfriend and I don't want children. We don't have the patience to raise one and we'd rather spend our money on ourselves.

this is a hard one, because sometimes doctors misdiagnose children. sometimes the disease may not be the worst thing in the world, and of course people want to treat their baby the right way even if it means making the tough decision to let them go to heaven peacefully rather than suffer a hard life.

I have two friends that wouldn't be here if their parents did what the doctor told them to. One wasn't expected to live more than a week. She's an adult now. My own little brother was expected to have complications, but my mother chose life and he's 17 now.

I've seen too many examples online and though stories to say yes.

If it's their time it's their time. It's not for us to decide.

I don't know. I like to hope I would do the right thing in the case of a severe, painful and debilitating condition. For a condition where the child wouldn't suffer agony for the very short time it was alive...it's more grey area. I don't know. Probably not. If the kid had Downs, Idk that I would feel ok with aborting the child for my own reasons. But I can't say I wouldn't do it if the situation arose - it would depend on too many other external factors.

I don't particularly want children anymore, but if we did accidentally get pregnant, despite our best efforts, then neither of us really want to abort our own child - though we would never make judgement on someone else making a different decision in the same situation.

If the child would have no quality of life, I would abort. If there was no brain, and they would not be aware of anything. Though it would break my heart.

I would abort. I would like hmm alright doc how much is this abortion gonna cost me? Barley like kids let alone challenged ones. Would just drive me nuts and the child would have a unhappy childhood