your child was identified as a future sociopath, would you consider abortion?
2007-03-27 15:31:58 · 19 answers · asked by crct2004 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a hypothetical question.
2007-03-27 15:40:49 · update #1
As far as I know, I lack a Uterus.
But if my hypothetical wife were hypothetically pregnant, I would hypothetically abort the hypothetical baby...
2007-03-27 15:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I was older when I was pregnant with my youngest child. I had an amnio to make certain the child was healthy. If the child had been diagnosed with severe problems, I had already made the decision to have an abortion. Thank God, the child was.. and is.. perfect and beautiful.. Were there actually a test which could predict a sociopathic future, I think that I would consider that a very great handicap and would make the same decision. That is probably not the politically correct answer, but then we all make our own choices. I knew then, and know now, what I am financially and emotionally able to handle, so my decisions are made accordingly.
2007-03-27 15:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know, looking at your DNA cannot indicate whether or not your child is going to be a sociopath. They have pinpointed certain genes that indicate traits such as agression but even these only indicate that your child has the potential to be aggressive. A gene does not mean that the child will necessarily have to express a certain trait, and even if the trait is expressed, behavior can be modified with therapy. Your child is what it is, every child born has a certain number of traits that others might consider "undesirable"--a big nose, frizzy hair, a stubborn personality---these are all part of what makes each individual unique. A mother should not get to play God in making a "designer baby", by eliminating a child with one undesirable trait, your next child might have a different undesirable trait or even the same one--do you abort that child as well and try again? Genetics are all a big lottery, you get what you get, aside from a deadly disease or defect genes should not be used in a decision to abort a pregnancy because there is no guarantee that the trait will show up and even if it does show up can potentially be modified with proper treatment. I would never consider an abortion in this situation or any other.
2007-03-27 15:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by justpeachee22 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No i will not. Not only that abortion is against all my belief it is because what you are saying is just base on a predisposing factor. If in some advancement in science would allow us to know if the child "might" become a future sociopath. Science still cant actually predict if they will become one. You are omitting the fact that we are also a product of nurture. the nature will provide us with predisposing characteristics, but the nurture would eventually make us to what we do. So if my child in the womb has a predisposing factor that might make him a future sociopath, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and raise him into a good christian. I will trust my Lord that He will guide my child to the right path and not into the path of a sociopath.
almost a sociopath,
wasabi
2007-03-27 15:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by Wasabi 737 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A child can not be identified as a future sociopath. But some women will use all kinds of excuses to murder their baby in cold blood before it is born. If it had a mental or physical disability I wouldn't hesitate to have an abortion.
2007-03-27 15:37:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No because maybe by the time to child grew up he or she could be cured. Besides that I don't believe in abortion unless it is in the case of rape or incest,or if the mothers life is in danger. And last but not least,tests are not always accurate.And, I am not God and do not have the right to make that choice and it would be very hard to abort a child that was wanted and planned for.
2007-03-27 15:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by Lori O 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wow! What kind of amniocentesis do they have nowadays? That's a powerful procedure if it can determine that. I have no idea what I'd do. I don't know how I could live with myself if I did kill an unborn child but, I'd feel bad if I unleashed a future serial killer on the world too. That's a toughie.
2007-03-27 15:36:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Since amnio can't identify something like that, it's a moot point. A sociopath (or at least the level it gets to) is more determined by upbringing and environment than genetics, anyway.
2007-03-27 15:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Kella G 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
I believe with a good upbringing and plenty of love, those with sociopathic tendencies have a fighting chance at having a "normal" life.
I don't think a sociopath is the way he is because of nature alone. I believe nurture has a lot to do with it.
2007-03-27 15:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Meg M 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't think our understanding of genetics at this point in time allows us to find sociopaths (only some major physical and mental disabilities).
My answer is probably not. I would simply be more kind and attentive to childhood development to make sure that kid would turn out fine.
2007-03-27 15:37:05 · answer #10 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋