Would you abort if you knew your child would have Down Syndrome?

I am so very grateful that everything with my child is alright.

I recently read an article in a magazine about Down syndrome, they say it easier to get a child with down syndrome after the age of 35, it is easier shown in the first 3 months of pregnancy, and that most people opt for abortion. Those that have kept the child, could not imagine a world without him or her.

A friend recently had a child, the "earth mother" who aided in giving birth, stated immediatly that the child had down syndrome. A month later after several tests, it turns out the child is 100% ok.
Unbelievable, imagine the mental turmoil.

In the article it stated the difference between a doctor saying straight after birth "your child is healthy but...."
and
" congratulations, you did great etc"

At 3 months my wife and I did an early checkup, the fear, paranoia and the angst with this premeditated examination to check if everything is ok is worse than having an aids test or something unimaginable.
I told myself if the little baby had down syndrome i would prefer to abort
but.....
if he actually did have it, i now don't know what i would do.

your call...

moderators could you please add,
yes
no
don't know
as poll options
thank you

:lol: lots of people forget to add polls in their thread.

Would you abort if you knew your child would have Down Syndrome?
No, but I'd ask my woman to.

Any pro-lifer I'd hope would not or else they should STFU about being pro-life.

Yes if it was diagnosed in the first trimester but would still be a very hard decsion between my wife and I . They are like little children their whole life glad I did n't have to make that decsion .

Some people do it a for healthy fetus and thats anouther topic .

Why has this been moved to the non serious polls section? :unsure:

Not non-serious....off topic.

This is not a filesharing poll......

I voted don't know btw.

I'd like to think I wouldn't but you don't know until you are in that situation I think.

It depends on a lot of things, a person with Downs Syndrome is no less of a person than you and me even though we may laugh at them



thanks sArA I didn't know that was the criteria :blushing:

I don't know.

This is a very difficult situation involving more than just one person's choice.

I suspect that opinions would change if really faced with such a situation.

I wonder how many of the 'Don't Know(s)' are/will be under 30 in age.

Many "hard" decisions for others are pretty clear cut to me. I think that normally comes with age but I've been that way for as long as I can remember thinking about particular subjects.