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Kerry · 14-12-2010, 06:14 PM

Prompted by an Emmerdale storyline - If you found out you were pregnant with a baby with Downs Syndrome, would you terminate the pregnancy?

Males - Would you want your partner to terminate the pregnancy?

MeMyselfAndI · 14-12-2010, 06:19 PM

yeah

Miss Ivy Balls · 14-12-2010, 06:21 PM

I wouldn't ever have a baby, but of course not.

If you plan to have a baby then the parents should know that anything could happen and if you're not willing to accept what might happen then don't make a baby.

Stacey. · 14-12-2010, 06:25 PM

Yep definitely. I wouldn't want a disabled baby or a baby with any condition like that.

arista · 14-12-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Stacey.

Yep definitely. I wouldn't want a disabled baby or a baby with any condition like that.

Yes Early Termination is Fine and Legal.
I back it.

Ammi · 14-12-2010, 06:35 PM

I would have to actually be in that situation to know for sure, but I think there is a good chance I would terminate

Captain.Remy · 15-12-2010, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by arista

Yes Early Termination is Fine and Legal.
I back it.

So do I. I don't think I'd be able to deal with it.

joeysteele · 14-12-2010, 06:39 PM

As a Male, I would personally be against any termination of a child but having said that,I would not be the person carrying the child, the female would be.

I would therefore hold my own counsel on the matter and give 100% support to any decision she made,it must be heart wrenching for any woman in that position and unless I was asked with insistence to say what I thought and felt,I would rather with no hesitation whatsoever support and be at the side of totally the person I was with.

MTVN · 14-12-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by joeysteele

As a Male, I would personally be against any termination of a child but having said that,I would not be the person carrying the child, the female would be.

I would therefore hold my own counsel on the matter and give 100% support to any decision she made,it must be heart wrenching for any woman in that position and unless I was asked with insistence to say what I thought and felt,I would rather with no hesitation whatsoever support and be at the side of totally the person I was with.

I dont agree with that view at all, the father and the mother should have equal say over the fate of their child imo

Beastie · 20-12-2010, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN

I dont agree with that view at all, the father and the mother should have equal say over the fate of their child imo

This. However it's the woman's body who is carrying the baby. Therefore she will make the final decision. If it was the other way around and men were carrying a baby then they would have the final say.

Kerry · 21-12-2010, 12:11 AM

Rather irrelevant of a serious subject but the Emmerdale character has now decided to keep her Downs baby. It will be interesting to see how the story pans out. Then again, they did a similar storyline in EE didn't they with Billy's daughter Janet. However they soon ferreted her away to live with her mother ...... (I do know they can't use babies/toddlers beyond certain work hours but they didn't really need to write her character out??)

pinkmichk · 14-12-2010, 06:46 PM

no i wouldnt i dont agree with abortions personally anyway but even if i did i wouldnt just cos of the child having a disability i would love it no matter what

GypsyGoth · 14-12-2010, 06:49 PM

I would have an abortion.

MTVN · 14-12-2010, 06:51 PM

Yes I would, I dont think I'd be fit or willing to raise a disabled child tbh, and all the difficulties it causes for both the child and the parents

Novo · 14-12-2010, 06:54 PM

Tough one really

I wouldn't want my Partner to terminate but i'd understand if she wanted to, bringing a child up with's Downs Syndrome would be so much harder and it would take so much getting use but saying that at the age i am now i would want her to terminate i don't think i would be ready for it but in another 10 years i reckon i would be much more up for it

Iceman · 14-12-2010, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Novo

Tough one really

I wouldn't want my Partner to terminate but i'd understand if she wanted to, bringing a child up with's Downs Syndrome would be so much harder and it would take so much getting use but saying that at the age i am now i would want her to terminate i don't think i would be ready for it but in another 10 years i reckon i would be much more up for it

I would have the same view really.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters · 14-12-2010, 06:56 PM

i often do

Kerry · 14-12-2010, 07:03 PM

You also have to consider the operations and trauma a child with Downs may have to go through too. Bear in mind they are often very will with heart problems and such like. Is it fair to put them through that too? It's not only the parents who 'suffer' (if thats the right word to use)

Tom · 14-12-2010, 07:04 PM

Dont agree with abortion apart from situations like this. I think its the lesser of the two evils, if you let it live its purely for your own conscience or selfishness. I know they can lead OK lives but they'll never have normal lives and they'll always be ridiculed.