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thats a tough one, which is why i personally never went for the test as i didn't think i personally could do it however i don't know that much about it so can't really comment. I don't really know if its better for the child to live or not tbh.
To discuss the article and give views.
I think minor defects (which the doctors agree are treatable or just minor that they will have good quality of life) shouldn't be aborted for that reason and shouldn't abort late.
Unless i am wrong they are aborting babies with minor defects LATER than the guidelines for any baby unless major defects.
Abortion is an incredibly emotive debate, anything involving life and death is, and it always will be.
Sorry Tweets.
Let's say the life of the mother was at risk, or that the baby had a severe defect that would mean next to no quality of life were he/she to be born. But the mother was 25 weeks pregnant. Should that be a barrier to an abortion in those circumstances? Maybe the abortion time limits should be more arbitary, but it's so emotive an issue that I doubt any consensus could be reached on it.
Totally agreed here. Like it has already been mentioned, most birth defects are treatable - therefore I see no reason for abortion.
I'm very glad the likes of Jepson et al can all pipe in with their moral outrage, but no one knows how they'll act until it happens to them.
My own opinion? Healthy foetus, foetus with an abnormality etc, makes no difference to me, it's the woman who matters.
Not to be pedantic or anything but you cannot "murder" a foetus.
Of course, it would depend on what exactly the defect is. And the parents should have the final say as well.
Based on? What the Daily Mail thinks is ok?
Does this:
contradict this?
If the parents are the ones who make the final decision?
No abortion is "murder". No aborted foetus is a "baby".
As long as we are all clear on that we can have a rational debate.
Would you care for instance to engage in a debate about the age of planet Earth with a creationist who dismisses every fact we know are lies spread by ungodly sciencists or who claims fossils were in fact planed by God to confuse us? What would be the point?