TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoIf a doctor told you your unborn child has a 99% chance of severe downs syndrome, to the point where they would need constant care until the day they die. Do you think it's ethical to abort?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIf a doctor told you your unborn child has a 99% chance of severe downs syndrome, to the point where they would need constant care until the day they die. Do you think it's ethical to abort?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·edit-21 day agoIf it’s ethical to abort just because you don’t want the kid (and it is), then it’s ethical to abort for any reason. Also, it’s no one’s business why people choose to abort.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours ago it’s no one’s business why people choose to abort. This. The only answer to “why” is “fuck off”, and for so many reasons. It’d suck to agonize over the decision, and once it’s made to then be second-guessed by some rando.
minus-squareTheReanuKeeves@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoI mean more like “is a life of suffering worth living and would a parent want that for their kid” rather than the ethics of abortion
minus-squareWingedObsidian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoPreventing incurable pain and suffering to a conscious being is ethical. There is dignity in both life and death.
If it’s ethical to abort just because you don’t want the kid (and it is), then it’s ethical to abort for any reason.
Also, it’s no one’s business why people choose to abort.
This. The only answer to “why” is “fuck off”, and for so many reasons. It’d suck to agonize over the decision, and once it’s made to then be second-guessed by some rando.
I mean more like “is a life of suffering worth living and would a parent want that for their kid” rather than the ethics of abortion
Preventing incurable pain and suffering to a conscious being is ethical. There is dignity in both life and death.