Mother in England chose not to abort her seriously disabled baby after seeing his smile on a 3D scan.What would you do?
14 Answers to "Mother in England chose not to abort her seriously disabled baby after seeing his smile on a 3D scan.What would you do?"
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babies in the womb cannot smile. It's an involuntary muscle contraction due to their being undeveloped and not used. that's assuming the baby is actuall at the point in gestation that facial features are even discernable. Regardless, it's not a smile.
I personally would not bring a child into the world that was seriously disabled. I don't think it's fair to bring a person into the world that has no chance of survival on it's own. However this is ONLY my personal opinion and if actually faced with the decision I'm not sure what I would do. BUT I do not advocate laws against abortion.
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The knew the baby would die, and he did in fact died soon after birth but they got to hold him for a few hours.
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I would have done the same thing she did...let him have a chance.
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Same here.
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Bet she's going to rely on government handouts the rest of her life to support her serverly disabled offspring. Life just isn't that important. If it was then we wouldn't allow 1000's of children to die each and every day around the world from something as simple as malnutrition and starvation. But we do whilst we live in countries where much of the population is obese or overweight.
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Your bet failed. The baby died 9 hours later. That will probably make you and your pocket very happy.
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Much happier. Probably saved the poor thing from a lifetime of pain and discomfort as well.
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I wouldn't have known. I wouldn't get the test to check for disability, because it wouldn't matter.
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God bless her for having a heart that can feel so deeply.
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Seriously disabled..hard decision, but I figure it would've been the right thing to terminate it rather than let it suffer throughout life.
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He didn´t survive. He died soon after birth. But his parents got to hold him and kiss him.
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So what was the point, then if it ended up dying anyway?
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...Considering one of the reasons I didn't have kids is because I didn't want to have a child who would have asthma and depression...I think you'd know what I'd do.
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Ummm, I don't think that's even possible. Still, if you want to have a baby..it makes sense to keep the pregnancy even if it might be disabled. I personally can't imagine being in a position to want a baby..so it's not something I'll likely have first hand experience with.
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I am a mother and had I been in that woman´s situation I would have done exactly the same.
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that's a personal choice though..many people wouldn't want to give birth to a baby that's likely to die or be ill. that's why may people with serious health issues would refrain from reproducing if they knew their kids were likely to be seriously ill. It wouldn't have been wrong for her to have made a different choice to me. It's sad either way.
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When I found out I was pregnant I already determined to carry the child to full term no matter what. I started studying the rearing of various types of special needs children and prepared myself. I refused amniocentesis, because the outcome didn't matter, so I know I would also have chosen to keep any disabled baby.
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I did have the amniocentesis but I was also determined to keep my baby no matter what. She was born healthy and beautiful and she´s the light of my life.
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I'm glad your daughter is healthy! My son was also born healthy and is now 25 years old and going to become a parent himself in August. :D
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Bank account be darned. :)
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I dunno im not a woman but who knows what there quality of life actually is
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They were informed the baby would require 24 hour care and most likely die in the first days.
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But what i mean is no one knows what its actually like for the kid. Tbh its her child and she can do what she wants, must of been a hard decision
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they are trying to make everyone have to see an ultrasound of the babies first. i think it is a hard choice but they do say that God will never give you more then you can handle.
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Who says that? Crazy religious people?
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Baby was born but sadly passed away 9 hours later due to his brain abnormalities.
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check my bank account on my phone again
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Posted by DivineStitches Jan 14th, 2013 at 10:23PM
okay im not gonna lie...
as much as that would make me feel all warm and fuzzy...i wouldnt keep it. because i do not think i am emotionally (or perhaps evern mentally) stable a enough to sucessfully raise a normal child. and with the special needs the kid would have....i just dont want to someday know im responsible for putting my own child through the same sh*t i had to go through in my life
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Reply by underconstruction Jan 14th, 2013 at 10:29PM
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