I'd like to know others thoughts on this please
2007-03-20 01:22:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I believe this is a sensible question as it was an idea suggested in a university course. I disagree strongly with this idea and wondered if I'm just biased, having never touched drugs.
2007-03-20 01:39:11 · update #1
It would be a useless exercise and utterly irresponsible in terms of the poor child. Even if she managed to give up pro tem, there's no guarantee that she would not take up the habit again subsequently.
Addicts do not give up their addiction when pregnant. Take smoking, as an obvious example. I believe that the figures for smokers show that more women smoke than men. If women were able to give up their smoking addiction when pregnant and during the early years of their children's lives, as begged to by their medical advisers, then we wouldn't have all these women smokers in society.
2007-03-20 01:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately not, the chances are is that she would still be using in the early stages of pregnancy and thus increases the chances of miscarriage, also, the stress caused by cold turkey could force her to mis carriage and if she used all the way through, chances are, the baby would be an addict just like mum and so the poor little mite won't exactly get the best start in life
2007-03-20 08:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by Chaney69 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, what? Make a heroin user pregnant (which costs thousands) to stop her habit? Or is there another IVF we are talking about? What's wrong with cold turkey - if you are stupid enough to start, what gives you the right to have it too easy to stop - they'll just feel they can stop and start whenever they like, then. Bad plan...
2007-03-20 08:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean in vitro fertilization: hell no!
Many heroin addicts can't help themselves. They don't care if they are carrying a baby or not! They are still going to score & get high! Some would probably even try to sell the baby.
Why not help get the addict off heroin instead?
2007-03-20 09:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by Bad M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way my husband and i have to go for ivf but because we have children we have to pay for it we havnt ever done anything like this (use heroin) why should they get it free when they aren't capable of looking after the children when they are born. and the children would end up in care.
2007-03-20 08:34:15 · answer #5 · answered by allison K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Think of the risk to the unborn child should IVF prove successful.
2007-03-20 08:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way what sort of doctor would try and help a user to have a child when they dont even care about there own lives.
2007-03-20 08:30:47 · answer #7 · answered by dreams 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think its a case of ethics because i dont think medically this is possible... woman (my ex) and myself used opiate's for many years !!!
her cycle was that messed up that she could go months without having a period!!
i think any woman that wants a child should have the right..!!!
maybe getting clean and staying clean for a minimum of two years then ivf could be a great incentive!!
'persuade' dosn't even come close to an addict that has no intention of giving up!!
choice!! choice!! choice!!!
2007-03-20 08:46:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whilst I'm all for IVF to help out childless couples, I don't think it should be used as a bargaining point for ANYTHING, let alone convincing an addict to give up their addiction.
2007-03-20 08:31:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
why do you think the addict would stop because she is pregnant? Ever heard of a crack baby? That will not make an addict stop, it'll just harm an innocent child.
2007-03-20 08:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by David G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋