People who have inherited illnesses or health problems are more and more being given the chance to check if their unborn child has inherited a disease or not. They may then be given the chance to have an abortion. The thinking is that these children will not have quality of life and should be spared the problems. I think it is worth thinking about the quality of life. Someone who will have Huntingdon's chorea, a terrible illness, can however have a perfectly happy childhood and some time that is good in adult life. Is not this time worth having?
I recently met someone with restricted sight who had felt very badly about passing on the problem to her sons; but they assured her they would rather have had the good life they had had so far, even with the prospect of poor sight ahead of them. I was shocked that people should be encouraged to abort children with this problem. Maybe it is the government who do not want to provide help for the disabled.
This life is a learning ground. It is not about perfection. I am bi-polar but with treatment live a perfectly happy life. I certainly would not like to have been aborted and denied the chance of life. I had a period when I suffered deep depression and it was hard, but I have come through that to happier times.
I am voicing my opinions but I appreciate others may feel differently. I do remember a couple who decided not to have their own children but to adopt, because one of them had diabetes. This is another option. If I had a friend with this dilemma of aborting an effected baby, I would give my side of the argument but also stand by that friend if they decided to go for abortion.
It seems to me, that if we say abortion is the way forward, we are also saying that people with that problem now, are sub standard and second class citizens. This is totally wrong. All people are valuable in the sight of God and therefore should be in the sight of society.This is one of my daily thoughts. to see more similar items look here A thought for each day
I recently met someone with restricted sight who had felt very badly about passing on the problem to her sons; but they assured her they would rather have had the good life they had had so far, even with the prospect of poor sight ahead of them. I was shocked that people should be encouraged to abort children with this problem. Maybe it is the government who do not want to provide help for the disabled.
This life is a learning ground. It is not about perfection. I am bi-polar but with treatment live a perfectly happy life. I certainly would not like to have been aborted and denied the chance of life. I had a period when I suffered deep depression and it was hard, but I have come through that to happier times.
I am voicing my opinions but I appreciate others may feel differently. I do remember a couple who decided not to have their own children but to adopt, because one of them had diabetes. This is another option. If I had a friend with this dilemma of aborting an effected baby, I would give my side of the argument but also stand by that friend if they decided to go for abortion.
It seems to me, that if we say abortion is the way forward, we are also saying that people with that problem now, are sub standard and second class citizens. This is totally wrong. All people are valuable in the sight of God and therefore should be in the sight of society.This is one of my daily thoughts. to see more similar items look here A thought for each day
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