Recently I read an article that proposed this idea for the medical future- If a woman has given birth to a baby with severe crippling or other conditions such as Cerebral Palsy, the woman should have the right to chose to have the child's life ended. This would be after the baby's birth, therefore no longer considered an abortion. What do you think?

Discuss.

Nah. The line for appropriate abortions is already too blurred.

Besides, it'd never get passed.

Who cares about the terminology? You're still ending a humans life one way or another.


Solution: Don't have babies.

Only if the baby is killed by microwave then eaten.

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From a purely Darwinian aspect, yes, that would be beneficial to the human species. Though rooting out genetic defects to produce a perfect human species (Hitleresque sounding now) would be more than a quixotic adventure.

Suffice it to say, cripples can live fulfilling lives. They could even get computers to make them masturtron. How neat it that?

for every illness we don't have a cure right now, science is working hard to find one. the child has a right to live and get a treatment for his illness.

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Originally posted by Enigmatik Recently I read an article that proposed this idea for the medical future- If a woman has given birth to a baby with severe crippling or other conditions such as Cerebral Palsy, the woman should have the right to chose to have the child's life ended. This would be after the baby's birth, therefore no longer considered an abortion. What do you think?

Cerebral palsy is not a disorder I would call "severely crippling." Those who have it are not usually retarded (about 30% -- and the retardation is comorbid, not actually caused by the palsy), and in fact I knew a guy with CP who was extremely smart. It does reduce movement, but I would not put it in the same category as things like Lesch-Nyhan syndrome or cystic fibrosis, and I certainly would not support terminating an infant or even a late term fetus due to a child having CP.

inb4Theresa

I don't have a problem with it, but strikes me as being on philosophically weaker ground than abortion itself, so what's the point?

what kind of woman r u??

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Originally posted by wotyzoid what kind of woman r u??

Are you talking to me?

youd have mothers killing the next steven hawking

i like how men are still not mentioned. i thought it took 2 people to make a baby/