Abortion

Progeria is a rare, fatal, birth defect that appears to accelerate aging in children. As such, symptoms begin appearing at 18 to 24 months of age and include growth failure, body fat loss, hair loss, hip dislocation, aged looking skin, stiffness of joints, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Death occurs in between 8 to 21 years of age. Progeria like you said is rare so rare that it only occurs in 1 newborn of 4 - 8 million newborns. This birth defect is NOT detectable in a sonogram it only begins to appear in the child’s first 18 to 24 months. If the parent already has progeria the rate rises to 2-3% of the child obtaining this birth defect, in this scenario testing is available to see if the birth defect has been passed down Down syndrome is a birth defect that occurs when an error occurs during cell division that involves chromosome 21. Other than the superficial effects of Down syndrome, symptoms include congenital heart disease, hearing problems, intestine/bowel problems, eye problems, thyroid dysfunctional, skeletal problems, dementia, and increased susceptibility to infectious diseases such as pneumonia. On the topic of downs syndrome I happen to know many children born with downs syndrome. These kids are some of the sweetest and most kind kids there are. Now days kids with downs syndrome have the opportunity to go to college and live as normal as a life as possible. And I would also like to say that if I was expecting a child and found out they had downs syndrome I sure as hell would not abort them because they were different. I would not abort my child if they had any of the birth defects you listed or any other birth defect for a matter of fact. God has a plan for every single child that lives here on earth some of these plans are shorter than others but sure as heck would not take the opportunity away from them to live out Gods plan! 1. The family will have too many kids and may be unable to support the child If the family didn’t want another child they should have taken the precautionary measures to insure they did not have another child. 1. Tubes tide after the previous child 2. Birth control 3. Condom 2. Fewer educational opportunities and development opportunities for the woman Like I said in round 2 if the woman didn’t want a child she should not have had sex in the first place and if she just wanted to have sex she should have used contraceptives to prevent the pregnancy 3. Abandonment or adoption I have an amazing friend who was abandoned and adopted. She is one of the best people I know. And if you think adoption is a bad thing you are mistaken there are millions of women who cant have children who want children that would love and care for them. Well the thing is, the child is not technically alive yet. But since that is a controversial point, I will put that aside. Assuming that the fetus is considered to be a person starting from ovulation (not protected by US law for the sake of this argument), consider the type of life that person would live when he/she is conceived. It's really not that hard, you just have to look at the information written above. In fact, ignore “If you knew your child was definitely going to be born with one of those diseases It is NOT called suffering, its called giving them a chance to live. Here I have listed only a few of the many story’s I have found about kids with birth defects living a life filled with loved weather it was only for a few hours or for a long happy life. Spina Bifida http://www.chop.edu... Sirenomelia http://www.prenatalpartnersforlife.org... In this story they said “Each moment of his precious life was cherished from the first positive pregnancy test to his last breath.” Weather he would have lived on sadly he didn’t he was still loved and will be loved forever. Down syndrome http://noahsdad.com... “Noah’s Birth Story: How Down Syndrome Changed Our Lives…For The Better” does this story say it was the worst thing that ever happened to me…… no it says for “for the better” this child did not suffer. This was hard for them at first but they realized that this changed the life for the better! And believe it or not, someone's best ability in terms of raising a child can actually be pretty bad. Veeeerrrrry bad. But that woman who aborted her baby will never know what the best of her abilities are until she try’s. “However, if a girl so happens to get pregnant when she is not ready for a child, forcing her to have one anyway opens a pretty damn big can of worms, as it not only affects the life and mental health of thegirl, but also negatively affects the child in many different ways. Part of owning up for a mistake is fixing it, and attempting to take care of a baby when you KNOW you are not ready for one is definitely not fixing, but amplifying the mistake.” Based off of what you just said I FORCED her to have sex. But for a matter of fact that was her decision to have sex, not mine, not yours, and not anybody else’s. When you get an abortion you are NOT TAKING CARE of the baby. You are getting rid of your problems instead of owning up to your mistake you made! One last point, this child is not your child, and quite frankly, it's none of your business what a woman does with her unwanted or disease ridden fetus. Keep this option open for women who want it, because by banning it simply because you don't like it uses the same logic as me banning bacon for everybody forever simply because I don't enjoy it. But when you keep allowing women to have abortions its like telling the world “Oh you just made a LITTLE mistake, don’t worry about it” When in all reality you should be telling them “own up to your mistakes, have the child, keep it or put him/ her up for adoption and move on” I will leave you with this......Would you really take your childs life just because they were different?