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Did we talk about this? Couple asks surrogate mother to abort fetus because the baby has down's syndrome -- (link)

Posted by amoxy (aka amoxy) Oct 11 '10, 13:06

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I am pro-choice, but I have a problem with this (www.nationalpost.com)

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do you think a couple should have the option to abort a fetus that has down's, if the mother is carrying it herself? - kare Oct 11, 13:22 13
- I guess my problem is that this couple has put so much into getting a child - amoxy Oct 11, 13:27 12
  - sorry, but i think that's an ignorant pov. i'm sure their decision was far, far more complex and agonizing than this. -- nm - kare Oct 11, 13:31 11
    - Really? -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 13:33 10
      - i would have had a screening test on friday. i was petrified that something terrible would come up and we'd have to make an agonizing decision - kare Oct 11, 13:39 9
        
        I have been there so just don't -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 13:42
        
        surely you see the ethical trouble. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 13:40 7
        
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        All the more reason not to pass judgement. - musubi Oct 11, 13:43
        
        because of the surrogacy? somewhat. far less so if it was not the surrogate's, biologically. - kare Oct 11, 13:42 4
        
        no, because of the issue of "aborting because of defect". - Reagen Oct 11, 13:44 3
        
        So folks might support a woman's right to chose abortion for no reason, but not for that reason? -- nm - mara Oct 11, 13:46 2
        
        i'm sort of blown away. ST break time. laters folks, and amoxy, i'm so sorry if i said anything to hurt you - kare Oct 11, 13:48
        
        supporting someone's right to choose does not mean you have support their reasons for choosing. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 13:48
So, you think the couple should be forced to raise the child? -- nm - con_carne Oct 11, 13:11 15
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  - this -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 13:18
- If you want to get legal about it, yes. They signed an agreement -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 13:16 3
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  - "Under the agreement the trio signed, the surrogate�s choice would mean absolving the couple of any responsibility for raising the child." -- nm - mara Oct 11, 13:18 1
    - I am curious as to the allowed causes for this to be in effect, or could the couple just change their mind for no reason? -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 13:19
- the surrogacy issue itself notwithstanding... - znufrii Oct 11, 13:16 4
  - wow. - kare Oct 11, 13:23 3
    - hmmm? -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 13:25 2
      - i just can't even begin to fathom where anyone has a right to judge a situation like this - kare Oct 11, 13:29 1
        
        *shrug* - znufrii Oct 11, 13:32
- I don't think that's what he's saying. Being pro-choice is being pro-your-choice for your body. Telling/asking someone else to get an abortion - Jim Oct 11, 13:14
- Not any more than I think the woman should be forced to have an abortion. If nothing else it should be set up so that the kid can be put up - oblique Oct 11, 13:13 2
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ugh. -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 13:11
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