Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Would you abort it or save it? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]smartlake[/m] at 4:10 pm on Nov. 2, 2008[quote]Well, I am not a female, so I can't really say whether I'd abort it.  But, with the advances in genetics, it could soon be possible to tell if someone is predetermined to be a criminal, just by analyzing DNA...or have any of a number of diseases/conditions...or if they'd be tall...or if they are male or female.  I guess one could abort their children till they got one they'd like.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post musicfan3 Posted at 3:18 pm on Sep. 16, 2008 So a little while ago my teacher was telling our class the story of him and his wife who were never able to have kids. They adopted a few kids and soon after they were able to have a kid on their own. But the kid turned out to have Down's Syndrome. He mentioned that with the new sciences and technology that its getting easier to detect this condition because its also becoming more common in babies born today. What do you think?

Replies hi sarah Posted at 4:27 am on Dec. 27, 2008 Abort it. adriannaa Posted at 12:26 pm on Dec. 13, 2008 Abort, I rather my child not suffer. austin s23 Posted at 10:32 am on Dec. 10, 2008 depends fullmooncurse Posted at 7:51 am on Dec. 10, 2008 Abort the baby. HannaHad Posted at 6:21 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 I would keep it musicfan3 Posted at 10:47 pm on Nov. 22, 2008 Quote: from musicfan3 at 3:58 pm on Nov. 6, 2008 Quote: from smartlake at 10:24 pm on Nov. 3, 2008 Quote: from musicfan3 at 6:06 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Quote: from smartlake at 4:10 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Well, I am not a female, so I can't really say whether I'd abort it.  But, with the advances in genetics, it could soon be possible to tell if someone is predetermined to be a criminal, just by analyzing DNA...or have any of a number of diseases/conditions...or if they'd be tall...or if they are male or female.  I guess one could abort their children till they got one they'd like.   But those advancements are so long away. Who knows will every kink and bug will be fixed... Right now everything is still in the Beta stages. That could take YEARS to perfect. I mean I don't think the would release this kind of technology without it being perfection. What if they screw up a kid? Plus a lot of people see this as a controversial topic and its gonna take a while for society to decide whether or not this kind of technology is okay or not.    I honestly don't see it being that far off.  I mean, scientists have already made some corelations for certain genes and being a criminal.  It is only a matter of time that this is available to test prenatally.  I think that legislation will be put into place before this technology is made public, and I have no doubt that if it were heavily funded 10 years ago, we'd already have this bio-technology.  The US has already passed laws making it illegal to discriminate someone based on their genetics.  Although this was intended for the work force, it just shows that the technology is there to evaluate people on every aspects, genetically.      My take on abortion is that in almost any circumstances, it truly is morally wrong, but that is according to MY morals.  I do not think that it should be the job of the government to impose anyone's 'morals' onto the population nor is it their job to regulate what someone does to their body.     Well its kinda like stem cell research. I support it but yes there are people who fight against it. I feel like its gonna take a while because society is very ignorant a lot of the times and its kinda like "everyone cares what everybody else thinks" Any thoughts on this? Catacomb Posted at 12:09 pm on Nov. 22, 2008 abort Porkie Posted at 1:21 am on Nov. 7, 2008 I'd keep it. It wouldn't make me love my baby less if it had a disability or not. musicfan3 Posted at 3:58 pm on Nov. 6, 2008 Quote: from smartlake at 10:24 pm on Nov. 3, 2008 Quote: from musicfan3 at 6:06 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Quote: from smartlake at 4:10 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Well, I am not a female, so I can't really say whether I'd abort it. But, with the advances in genetics, it could soon be possible to tell if someone is predetermined to be a criminal, just by analyzing DNA...or have any of a number of diseases/conditions...or if they'd be tall...or if they are male or female. I guess one could abort their children till they got one they'd like.    But those advancements are so long away. Who knows will every kink and bug will be fixed... Right now everything is still in the Beta stages. That could take YEARS to perfect. I mean I don't think the would release this kind of technology without it being perfection. What if they screw up a kid? Plus a lot of people see this as a controversial topic and its gonna take a while for society to decide whether or not this kind of technology is okay or not. I honestly don't see it being that far off. I mean, scientists have already made some corelations for certain genes and being a criminal. It is only a matter of time that this is available to test prenatally. I think that legislation will be put into place before this technology is made public, and I have no doubt that if it were heavily funded 10 years ago, we'd already have this bio-technology. The US has already passed laws making it illegal to discriminate someone based on their genetics. Although this was intended for the work force, it just shows that the technology is there to evaluate people on every aspects, genetically. My take on abortion is that in almost any circumstances, it truly is morally wrong, but that is according to MY morals. I do not think that it should be the job of the government to impose anyone's 'morals' onto the population nor is it their job to regulate what someone does to their body. Well its kinda like stem cell research. I support it but yes there are people who fight against it. I feel like its gonna take a while because society is very ignorant a lot of the times and its kinda like "everyone cares what everybody else thinks" EventerChick Posted at 2:36 pm on Nov. 5, 2008 I'd keep it. It's my own flesh and blood, a disability isn't going to make me love (s)he any less. JordiRoz Posted at 1:35 pm on Nov. 5, 2008 If it was already growing, I wouldn't kill he/she, no matter what problems they had. Anyway, science has improved more - develop embryos out of womb, and pick out the one without a problem to be concieved its only me Posted at 10:37 am on Nov. 4, 2008 people with downs lead perfectly normal lives. I have friends with this condition PhoenixFire613 Posted at 8:46 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I would abort it. I'd want my child to live a normal, happy life and not have to worry about being made fun of. And if it was something that caused the child to require extra attention of any sort, I wouldn't be up to providing that. gronk Posted at 3:07 am on Nov. 4, 2008 id keep it, life>death xXmY PaPeR HeArTXx Posted at 10:45 pm on Nov. 3, 2008 Quote: from Permious at 3:20 pm on Sep. 16, 2008 Quote: from ManiacPenguins at 3:19 pm on Sep. 16, 2008 Abort that little shit. wow that was a bit much SRSLY Most recent 15 of 93 previous replies displayed.