posted May 03, 2012 04:40 AM
This is tricky.From a practical, financial & primal point of view, I can get why one would want to kill their disabled children. For what's worth, animals instinctively do it too. (Not saying that all people who are pro infanticide are cruel animals, just noting that animals do it too.)
To be honest, I don't feel anyone should have the right to end someone else's life, even their own children's whether they are mentally or physically disabled ...
The clear line for me is birth.
I'm 100% pro choice *at any stage* of pregnancy. The woman is entirely boss over her own body and has *absolute* right to decide who she lets live in *her* womb. Therefore I also find that thorough testing prior to birth should be a must, this together with the improvements of medical technology should reduce the chance of having a disabled child.
After birth, the newborn is a human with basic rights.
I do believe every human should be boss over their own body, thus I am pro-euthanasia out of free will. And if a person is unable to decide over their own faith, there's palliative care. To me personally, there’s a big difference between killing and let die. I know via via, parents who had a mentally & physically disabled child who was in pain and had constant seizures and heart attacks. After a certain point with no hope, the parents decided to just focus on relieving the pain but the next time the child will have a heart attack, they would not rescue.
If despite all, the mother still gives birth to a disabled child. The mother could always relieve herself from the responsibility to take care of the child. Don't kill. I have faith that there will always be people who are willing and capable to take care of them and cherish them. This and together with the help of people who are willing to financially chip in to help the less fortunate (I'm the latter).
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Lindaland
posted May 02, 2012 06:52 PM
posted May 03, 2012 06:27 AM
