Morality Question Followup?

Question

You all answered the below,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArqpKtEskIeaL0yEFwrq_xvsy6IX?qid=20070308071321AAInW6D

Ok, following up,

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If you are a woman, you are in a hospital bed and a doctor says you are pregnant but for some medical reason if you have the baby you will die during childbirth. What do you do?

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If you are a man . . your wife (or daughter) is in an accident. You are told by the doctor she is pregnant. She will not survive childbirth for some medical reason. You are asked to make the decision because your wife (or daughter) is not conscious to make the decision and one is necessary.

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I try to make this as hypotheical and unoffensive as I can.

Answer 1

For the first scenario, this has happened to my own mother, and my parents decided that she does not have the baby, so she had an abortion. Too many lives depend on her, especially the three children she bore before. So I would do the same.

And if the child was my first, am sorry to say that I would still have an abortion regardless.

I have no idea what my child will be like without a proper mothers attention and I can always bare more children. Thats more beneficial to society as a whole, because I can make sure Im there to give these kids all the love and support they require to be better human beings.

As it is, bringing a child into this world isnt the most wonderful thing on the planet, its teaching them to be better humans AFTER they are born.

Answer 2

You get morally "locked up" only when you are attempting to "have your cake and eat it too." This is a conflict of reality and interest. In order to make a clear choice on any moral decision you must have a clear supreme value that you would not ever sacrifice. My value is my life. So you questions are easy to answer. I come first, my daughter comes next. The unborn child;d has little value until it builds a relationship with me, hence becomes more valuable. An unknown has no real value only potential.

Answer 3

Hi there... ummmm since the doctor tells me I am pregnant.. so that would mean, i would be just a couple of weeks pregnant.. then yes, I would opt for myself... Not that I dont want a baby... I can try for another baby once I am fine... I dont want to die intentionally and leave behind my child motherless... I want to give my child all my love that I can... take care of my child and provide him/her the best of everything... It'd not be the love for myself, but my love for my unborn child that would make me take a decision like this.. And I know, my husband would die if I died... especially after knowing what the consequences would be if i continued the pregnancy... It would kill his spirit... He loves me a lot... And we both would want to build a strong life with children, together...
I hope I didnt sound stupid....

Peace...

Answer 4

Years back, a group of us sat discussing this very thing. All of us women, with the exception of one, chose our child's life over our own.

We were shocked that Jen would put herself before her unborn child, but then she explained that as a single mother, who would care for the new baby and her three other children if she was to die? She had a point.

So, as a single mother myself with no family or fathers to take on the role of caring for my children, I would have to follow Jen's lead. I would survive, because I have 3 children who need me.

In the scenario in question, if the child to be born was my first, then I would sacrifice myself. Reason being, a newborn would be adopted into a family with ease. Never having known me, it would be much easier for this child to live without me.

Answer 5

Tough question but is the question an abortion question? If she is in an accident and it is at the point where the baby is viable an abortion is pretty much out of the question because they may as well just take the baby out alive.

If the baby would not be viable you go for the abortion without question.

Answer 6

Triage. Choose the one with the most potenital for survival asn life. The child has more potential left than me I'm 34, he's a brand new start.

My husband is a good father. If it is reasonable to assume that the child will be healthy. I choose the child. My friends and family will raise him well.

When he is older he will know how much love I gave to bring him into the world, and this will give him reason to find purpose.

Answer 7

There is no question there, I would have the baby. Yes I know that that means my baby would grow up without a mother and until the moment of my death I would be trying to make arrangements for my child, and I would be sad for me and my child not getting to know each other, but it is the only thing I could do. If my kid died----so would I anyway, inside...

Answer 8

Well I guess I wouldn't have the baby.

The way you said that Dr tells me that I'm pregnant makes it sound like I wouldn't be very far along either....so I guess I would justify it that way.

It's very hard to say though never being in that situation, but I think that self preservation is alot stronger than alot of us will admit to right now.

Answer 9

I'm a mother of two other children so I would have to abort the baby so that I can stay here for my two kids. I would regret it all of my life, but I can't leave my kids if I have a choice.

Answer 10

Isn't that like throwing out the baby with the babybatter?