Live in Indiana? Give the gift of Abortion!

[arsenicazure]

Comrade Tovya said:

arsenicazure said:

marciosmg said:
YOu are saying that a baby with downs is worth less than a baby without it?

I know you probably didn´t mean it. But you appear to be saying that the mother wouldn´t have a problem if the baby didnt have downs. So, a child with a genetic disorder is a 2nd class citizen. THAT is a nice utopia you got there

 

Yea my apologies if it sounded like that. I work at a hospital and I deal with children with genetic disorders all the time. Ofcourse they have a right to live. But in every case, you can see the parents suffer.Diseases where its treatable- thalassemia etc is fine but stuff like, Downs, spina bifida, cerebral palsy almost kill these parents in the long run. They love their kids no doubt but im sure they would rather not see their children suffer with such illnesses. If medical technology allows us to scan for such genetic disorders Im all for it. Again its not a baby till it breathes on its own, its a fetus. Everyone has a right to be happy.

 

Okay, now you've hit a sore spot with me.  My parents adopted my little brother Isaac who was literally a crack-baby.  He was born without a chin, left-shoulder, a curved spine, no voice-box, his trachea is closed up, and his legs were bowed so bad he couldn't stand.

Instead of having him aborted, my parents paid the lady to have the kid and then she gave him up for adoption.

He is now 5 years old, and the doctors swore he would be dead before his 2nd birthday.

My parents have spared no expense in helping him lead a normal life.  After countless surgeries and physical therapy, he now has straight legs, a good spine.. and while there is still work left to do, he uses sign language to communicate with us and gets fed from a tube (and he has a trach for breathing), he is largely a normal child... and he is the happiest darn kid you'd ever meet.. He loves life and everything in it.  He especially looks up to me, and always wants to be around me.

He plays and goes to school with my kids, they play video games, and he plays outside with them... and by the time he is an adult, the doctors have changed their evaluation and now believe they will be able to completely finish his bodies recontruction, and with the exception of some scars and he'll have to learn to speak vocally....

(above) my son, and brother's Matthew & Isaac

long story short, my little brother deserved to live, and he did and will continue to.  Just because he was born into a situation of poverty and genetic deformities doesn't mean he's less of a human being than anyone else... he's just special in his own way, and we all love him dearly.  He's just the sweetest boy you'd ever know.

Im really happy for your baby brother and the good cause your parents have contributed to. But not everyone is able to afford treatment or provide such a quality of life. Now imagine if your brother was born to a family that couldnt afford any of this and he had to lead a life without half the therapy or treatment he has recieved, would you condone that?

My folks did want to have me aborted since i was an unplanned pregnancy and honestly it did hurt when my mom said that my father wanted to have me aborted but Im sure if they did, they would have thought long and hard and done what was best for them. My cousin has CP and honestly it breaks my heart everytime I meet him. Its not an easy life and not for everyone.And people should honestly be given the option to decide. Especially teenage girls who have no idea what they are getting themselves into.Sometimes it is easier to abort than to give away a child you gave birth to.If society frowns on abortion it also frowns on preganant teenagers. thats a little hypocritical isnt it? Early onset pregancy raises chances of cervical cancer as well, so there is some medical fact to it.