Would you have a baby with no arms / no legs?

[Anonymous]

Oh God. My worst nightmare. I chose to terminate for a lack of skull that was incompatible with life, and when we were finding out my only hope was that it would be a black and white diagnosis not a grey one. This poor poor woman, I hope you can be a good friend to her because she will need one.

[Anonymous]

This piece was in the Daily Mail yesterday, very relevant to this thread conversation and contains thought provoking questions. It’s about a dad and disabled son in the UK, but as a caregiver in the USA I can attest that the problems described in the article are as bad or much worse in most of the USA. Disabled people face lives of uncertainty and exploitation/abuse if they are not independently wealthy and if they don’t have excellent guardians protecting their fiscal and medical best interests.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11713065/BBCs-Humphrey-Hawksley-admits-keeping-disabled-autistic-son-Christopher-alive-wrong.html

BBC journalist Humphrey Hawksley poignantly admits keeping his severely disabled and autistic son Christopher, now 26, alive might have been the wrong thing to do - 20 years after writing despairingly of the dearth of help for his boy

[Anonymous]

BBC story quite sad. So hard to know what the future holds for any fetus or premie.

[Anonymous]

Please have your friend reach out to John Kemp, who co founded American Assn of People with Disabilities. He was born without limbs. He’s an amazing, thoughtful, kind, smart person who makes an impact on everyone he meets. (We used to swim together in the West End when we both lived in DC). He’s on LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This piece was in the Daily Mail yesterday, very relevant to this thread conversation and contains thought provoking questions. It’s about a dad and disabled son in the UK, but as a caregiver in the USA I can attest that the problems described in the article are as bad or much worse in most of the USA. Disabled people face lives of uncertainty and exploitation/abuse if they are not independently wealthy and if they don’t have excellent guardians protecting their fiscal and medical best interests.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11713065/BBCs-Humphrey-Hawksley-admits-keeping-disabled-autistic-son-Christopher-alive-wrong.html

BBC journalist Humphrey Hawksley poignantly admits keeping his severely disabled and autistic son Christopher, now 26, alive might have been the wrong thing to do - 20 years after writing despairingly of the dearth of help for his boy

That's hard to read. But it's the reality. And it's why I won't visit judgment on anyone faced with this sort of hard decision.

[Anonymous]

I don't think anyone can answer with 100% certainty what they'd do until they were faced with the reality of having to decide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This piece was in the Daily Mail yesterday, very relevant to this thread conversation and contains thought provoking questions. It’s about a dad and disabled son in the UK, but as a caregiver in the USA I can attest that the problems described in the article are as bad or much worse in most of the USA. Disabled people face lives of uncertainty and exploitation/abuse if they are not independently wealthy and if they don’t have excellent guardians protecting their fiscal and medical best interests.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11713065/BBCs-Humphrey-Hawksley-admits-keeping-disabled-autistic-son-Christopher-alive-wrong.html

BBC journalist Humphrey Hawksley poignantly admits keeping his severely disabled and autistic son Christopher, now 26, alive might have been the wrong thing to do - 20 years after writing despairingly of the dearth of help for his boy

That's hard to read. But it's the reality. And it's why I won't visit judgment on anyone faced with this sort of hard decision.

Bottom line is most people who will not have an abortion live in a red state.
They will need financial help. Where is that money coming from? It's a legit ? Because Republicans who are pro life have no idea how much it costs to support a child like this.

So all you judgy pro lifers have at it with no social security any more......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone can answer with 100% certainty what they'd do until they were faced with the reality of having to decide.

I agree, but it does seem that a lot of posters here think okay to end the lives of the imperfect.

[Anonymous]

I would have an abortion or put the child up for adoption immediately upon birth.

[Anonymous]

Prolifers you got the money to take care of this "baby"

Most likely not.
Whether you are a MAGA or just prolife chances of you being able to help or make any sort of quality of life are nil, you won't have social security monies to help.

Please enlighten the rest of us how you will care for said "child"

Yeah you can not. You will be gov subsidized oh wait that won't be possible under the new regime.

Love it as usual MAGA, conservative dummies who can not do math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This piece was in the Daily Mail yesterday, very relevant to this thread conversation and contains thought provoking questions. It’s about a dad and disabled son in the UK, but as a caregiver in the USA I can attest that the problems described in the article are as bad or much worse in most of the USA. Disabled people face lives of uncertainty and exploitation/abuse if they are not independently wealthy and if they don’t have excellent guardians protecting their fiscal and medical best interests.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11713065/BBCs-Humphrey-Hawksley-admits-keeping-disabled-autistic-son-Christopher-alive-wrong.html

BBC journalist Humphrey Hawksley poignantly admits keeping his severely disabled and autistic son Christopher, now 26, alive might have been the wrong thing to do - 20 years after writing despairingly of the dearth of help for his boy

That's hard to read. But it's the reality. And it's why I won't visit judgment on anyone faced with this sort of hard decision.

+1 that's a heartbreaking read

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is incredibly sad to me and not because of the child but because of the responses from grown adult woman who breed. I'm saddened. What is deemed as an "unacceptable life" to many of you ladies. I have a friend born without arms and they lead a very happy and fulfilled life, great job, loves and volunteers with handicap dogs and animals. They want to be here and are thrilled their mother didn't abort them.

I'm sad for humanity.

Any life that I don’t want to bring into the world. I’m not a breeder, no matter what you say, and I am not obligated to host anything I don’t want to inside my body.

Having no legs AND no arms is much different than just no arms, btw.

Ok so no legs but arms ok?

Or

No arms but legs ok?

Or

One arm one leg ok?

How many limbs does your kid require?

At this time in my life I would terminate all of the above.

Lazy eye?

Blind?

Very short?

[Anonymous]

I’m generally pro-life, but in a situation like this where the child would invariably face a life of extreme hardship, I would abort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m generally pro-life, but in a situation like this where the child would invariably face a life of extreme hardship, I would abort.

If you think abortion should be an option then you’re pro-choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is incredibly sad to me and not because of the child but because of the responses from grown adult woman who breed. I'm saddened. What is deemed as an "unacceptable life" to many of you ladies. I have a friend born without arms and they lead a very happy and fulfilled life, great job, loves and volunteers with handicap dogs and animals. They want to be here and are thrilled their mother didn't abort them.

I'm sad for humanity.

Any life that I don’t want to bring into the world. I’m not a breeder, no matter what you say, and I am not obligated to host anything I don’t want to inside my body.

Having no legs AND no arms is much different than just no arms, btw.

Ok so no legs but arms ok?

Or

No arms but legs ok?

Or

One arm one leg ok?

How many limbs does your kid require?

At this time in my life I would terminate all of the above.

Lazy eye?

Blind?

Very short?

NP. Yes I would terminate for any of the above reasons. It’s none of your business.