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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-12-14 05:36 pm

[ SECRET POST #3998 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3998 ⌋

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Re: Would you abort if you knew your kid would have a severe developmental disability?

(Anonymous) 2017-12-15 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Depends heavily on quality of life and if I felt like I could provide for them. Like my own health's not great and I don't have much of a support network, so the thought of them ending up in a government care facility to get sexually abused for the rest of their life? Or if I know for sure it's a disability that will cause them lifelong pain.

Like someone I 'knew' online aborted because her family carries a genetic condition that stops bone from developing. Her relatives with a mild version of it had to endure a lot of awful surgery and had lifelong pain. Her son was diagnosed in-utero with the most severe form, and was missing arms, legs, parts of spine and ribcage, and skull. He had a poor chance of survival outside the womb and would require torturous medical intervention for extremely poor quality of life. She aborted, I'd do the same.

But autism? Downs? Other conditions where they can be happy and free of pain? Not as long as I was capable of providing for them.

Moot point though, no real chance I could ever end up pregnant.