A question for pro life republicans?

What about Pre-eclampsia and hypertension Pro-lifers? Recent statistics indicate that 1 in 4,800 women in the United States of complications of pregnancy or childbirth. Instead of beating up on sharra1 for the example she used, why not answer the specific question regarding your views on abortion for medical reasons?

I don't force my beliefs on others. Obviously if a child is so deformed it is given a lower rate of life expectancy, I serious doubt any criminal investigation will be done if the mother has clearly taken the best care she can of the child. Your argument doesn't work there. The question I have is what is the rate of abortions for medical reasons compared to abortions for not wanting the kid, don't want to get fat, etc. I suspect the selfish reasons outweigh the medical.

"I understand your objection to abortion but I cannot understand why you do not allow it even on medical grounds." Only a tiny minority of pro-life people oppose abortion even on medical grounds. In my life time, even before Roe v Wade, all states to my knowledge, allowed abortion in the case of rape, incest, or for the medical health of the mother. Way back then they mostly could not determine much about the fetus or I'm sure abortion would have been allowed for severely deformed or ill fetus, too. As for myself, I do agree with abortion for a fetus badly damaged enough it can not be expected to take care of itself. Now, a question for you. Do you realize that republican sociopaths actually encourage abortion on the grounds that abortion kills likely future democratic voters? When you can get that into your mind as a reality, you will be starting down the path of true understanding of the political process.

I love my second son even though he has spina bifida. He can now sit up but he is unlikely to be able to walk. He needs catheter care and much physiotheraphy. I didn't find out that my baby had spina bifida until 36 weeks pregnancy. At the fetal medical unit in a hospital in the morning I was offered an abortion but I said no way. In the afternoon I looked around a special care baby unit and it was a touching and emotional experience. I was told by a consultant that he had no ideal how badly my baby would be affected. In a month my baby was going to be born and I had lots of terrifying information to take on board. My baby son was born at home then went to a special care baby unit for three weeks. I am glad I gave my second son the chance of life and now he is a bright and happy sixteen month old toddler. I am pro-life but I respect other peoples choices.

IF there is NO VIABLE possibility the child will survive outside the womb, then it is a tragic thing and perhaps than an a termination of the pregnancy early on is best. However, that is the only time I would advocate the abortion. To me it isn't about a woman's body, it is about a child's life. Many can argue to comfort themselves with their beliefs that abortion is acceptable by saying "well, we really don't know when life begins". However, if we don't know, do you really want to be wrong if it turns out that it is indeed life from conception? that's not a chance I feel comfortable making a decision on and erring on the wrong side. I would rather err on the side of life. I would much rather be wrong and have medical or religious authorities say, oops, I guess we were wrong, it isn't life...then to be wrong when someone discovers it indeed was life.

When we say abortion it is taking away the fetus inside the mothers womb by force. Fetus averaging of few months only carried by mother. It is God gifts in every woman and only God have all the right to do whatever He likes. If it may cause of suffering to both mother and the baby, which, do we think it is right to abort still I"m not in favor. Let us allow the baby see the wonder of the world. We do"nt know his future and as I"ved said earlier God is the owner of our life. In our strong faith a sudden changes may occur instantly and there is no impossible in Him. Pain and suffering is here only temporarily. :)

Better living through Eugenics? Margaret Sanger and Adolf Hitler would be proud.

I am not a republican since I am alien to US politics. So if I have understood you perfectly you are justifying abortion on the grounds that a physically handicapped baby should not be allowed to be born. I don't agree! Hitler had a similar idea with his obsession of a pure race and wanted to get rid of Jews, blacks and the others. We all know what Hitler has done. I think that a deformed baby has a right to live because he or she is human. Who are we to decide whether it has the right to live or not? It is true that the mother might not be able to take care of the child but than social services and adoption should be considered but not abortion in my opinion.

Hi sharra, I am totally against abortion because it is taking a human life. ALL human life is precious and we cannot be the ones to decide whether a baby should live or die. That decision belongs only to God. God views every life as precious. He has a plan for every single life and we need to trust in Him. I know of many people with deformities, etc who make a wonderful difference in this world! God uses everyone for His glory! All babies have the right to a life. We just need to trust in God. God bless.

You bring up a very intriguing subject. I see two arguments here and neither of them apply to me because raising a handicapped child is something that we would embrace. We have some severely handicapped family members and though they would not have a quality of life that you or I might appreciate, they love their life none the less. But these are the arguments as I understand them. What does "severely deformed" mean? It may mean something different to me than it does to you. Who gets to decide what the definition of "severely deformed" is? If I decide that we want to raise a "deformed" child will my wife be forced to abort it? What about a severely deformed person who is deformed from a car accident, or Steven Hawkins for that matter who is deformed from a disease? Do we euthanize them? If you believe that life begins in the womb, then there is no difference between aborting a deformed baby in the womb and killing Steven Hawkins because of his deformity. That argument works on the other side of life as well. What about the very sick and bed ridden elderly? What if their bodies have been damaged by age to the point of being useless, vegetative? Do we euthanize them as well? I know many would argue that this argument is off point, but it really isn't. Look at anything we as a society decide to allow. It never stays static. It always expands and becomes more and more inclusive. The danger is that the definition of "severely deformed" would grow to include more and more infirmities. Our doctor advised us to about our middle son because he thought he might has Down Syndrome. We didn't do that of course and he is now a happy, healthy 12 year old. The doctor was wrong! The other argument is that we can not predict with any degree of certainty that whatever the deformity is, will not be "fixed" with modern medicine. It was not that long ago when blind people were committed to institutions and were thought to be nothing more than a burden to society and the family. Sames thing with mental illness, amputees, mute people etc. Clearly this is a very emotional and complex issue. I certainly would wish that no one would ever have to face this decision. But the way our law reads currently, it is not a problem.

Good day.. This is indeed a very delicate issue and is really between pro - life and pro - abortion. As men we base our decision on things that we can calculate rather than predict. If a fetus is detected to have genetic deformities that is something we can calculate however the future of the child when born is something we can only predict. Now, since the life on the child in utero solely depends it's continuity on the mother, it seem to give her the ultimate right to choose whether to bear it or not. I say seem because I would disagree. Maybe in the prehistoric time or civilization this maybe true but not in our times where law and justice prevails. As a part of society every men, women and child must conform to their law and that law even protects the innocence that can't even speak up for their rights. I believe that when a woman conceive on her own choice of doing then the life produce following it is sacred. I mean we know our responsibilities and our accountability. Yes, we calculate the pain and suffering that maybe brought about by unfortunate conception but above all we must also respect it's right to live.

Ask Stephen Hawking if his mother should have aborted him. Should we kill children who develop disabilities after they are born, like autism? I just don't think that there is a good argument for abortion. Killing unborn babies is still killing babies. I think that most mothers will love their babies even if they do have disabilities, and while it may cause some heartache for mothers, can you really justify being selfish enough to say I don't want to deal with a child who has a disability?