If you had a disabled child?

[FlyingJesus]

Hell yeah I'd keep it you get bare benefits

[Bun]

Hell yeah I'd keep it you get bare benefits

lol that blates reminds me of last friday. went to this all day politics conference at hull uni and at the end there was a q+a with a panel, mainly mps, notably labour mp austin mitchell. anyway this lass in a wheelchair asked him about a proposal to cut disabled benefits. he was like no i'm against this idea, it would cripple a lot of fragile people. :eusa_clap

[Jordy]

I'd get the coat hanger

Funnily enough I asked my mother this question last weekend, and because she was quite old and I have a Downs Syndrome auntie, she had me checked for Downs Syndrome before I was born and said she would of aborted if I did have it. Certainly made me think for a minute that if I had downs syndrome I wouldn't be here but meh

Truthfully I think I would push for an abortion.

[Nixt]

I'd get the coat hanger

Funnily enough I asked my mother this question last weekend, and because she was quite old and I have a Downs Syndrome auntie, she had me checked for Downs Syndrome before I was born and said she would of aborted if I did have it. Certainly made me think for a minute that if I had downs syndrome I wouldn't be here but meh

Truthfully I think I would push for an abortion.

My mother has five children and she refused that test each time. She says she'd rather not know because she would then be tempted to abort and wouldn't want to do that.

[Black_Apalachi]

I'd get the coat hanger

Funnily enough I asked my mother this question last weekend, and because she was quite old and I have a Downs Syndrome auntie, she had me checked for Downs Syndrome before I was born and said she would of aborted if I did have it. Certainly made me think for a minute that if I had downs syndrome I wouldn't be here but meh

Truthfully I think I would push for an abortion.

Eww the coat hanger thing makes me cringe so much :eusa_sick.

You could easily make a misjudgement as to how helpless the person would actually be when they grow up. I know this is about severe disabilities that require full-time care, but let's just say from personal experience of somebody with a much less severe disability, someone could have easily assumed they wouldn't have been able to do very much but they turned out to be a perfectly able individual. The Catholic child in me would say it is playing God and could easily backfire even if you don't realise it while as an Atheist I can't think of a solid reason against it, other than it would **** up my conscience big time.

[adaym]

and abortion isn't?

that's up for debate, murder is murder.

[IceNineKills]

but manslaughter isn't.

[adaym]

but manslaughter isn't.

HIGHLY controversial.

[Inseriousity.]

Eww the coat hanger thing makes me cringe so much :eusa_sick.

You could easily make a misjudgement as to how helpless the person would actually be when they grow up. I know this is about severe disabilities that require full-time care, but let's just say from personal experience of somebody with a much less severe disability, someone could have easily assumed they wouldn't have been able to do very much but they turned out to be a perfectly able individual. The Catholic child in me would say it is playing God and could easily backfire even if you don't realise it while as an Atheist I can't think of a solid reason against it, other than it would **** up my conscience big time.

I would be gutted if someone found a cure for the disability (hey science constantly changes, you never know!) and I'd got the mother to abort the baby.

I would stop thinking about the 'what if he was healthy' and just get on with it. Easier said than done but that's what I'd try and do.

[Black_Apalachi]

I would be gutted if someone found a cure for the disability (hey science constantly changes, you never know!) and I'd got the mother to abort the baby.

I would stop thinking about the 'what if he was healthy' and just get on with it. Easier said than done but that's what I'd try and do.

Exactly. It would make me feel guilty anyway so I couldn't run the risk of an outcome like that.