I'm doing a contrast research project on whether or not women who are not 'healthy & normal' should have kids, from an ethical standpoint.
And am having difficulties getting information from the ethics side of things.
I do not agree nor disagree with the question, I am just asking to get your view.
2007-09-26 01:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by L c 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Men are left out of the question because the women are going through the physical aspect of pregnancy. It takes a toll on their bodies and health.
2007-09-26 06:14:44 · update #1
While you only ask about women, the question could easily include men since 1/2 of the DNA comes from them. Why are they left out??
2007-09-26 02:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion not even the healthiest woman has a guarentee for tomorrow. Down Syndrome is different from the rest in that I believe it is a genetic abnormality...and can't that be passed down, two recessive genes and now that child has it...so the childs chances of getting it would be 50%? I might be mistaken.
As far as cancer, so long as you are through with radiation or chemo and in remission I would say why not? Sure they might get cancer again but anyone might get it. Diabetes, it is taxing on their body, but the child could quite easily have a normal life.
MS my mother, my grandmother (paternal grandmother) and my great grandmother (maternal grandmother) all had MS. And I am glad that didn't stop them from having children. The only way it has affected me is my mother is tired and forgetful. So far I am MS free, although not the easies thing to have diagnosed.
Noone has the right to tell a woman not to have a child, and woman have to think ahead to how it might affect the lives of their child, for most a loving mother is an incredible gift, for as long as it lasts!
2007-09-26 02:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by robert p 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely - it is a woman's choice to have children, and just because their life expectancy is shorter they can still be excellent parents while they are here. In truth a "healthy" woman could step off a curb and get hit by a bus the day after giving birth -- so no one is "guarenteed" that they will live to raise their children.
A dear friend of mine had Cystic Fibrosis and against the odds she was able to have a child. She is gone now, but her son lives on knowing that his mother loved him dearly and wouldn't have given up her 7 years with him for a lifetime without him.
2007-09-26 02:13:18 · answer #3 · answered by Susie D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they have evry rite to have children. Just becasue they have a illness does not mean there child will. There are risks but there small.
2007-09-26 01:55:23 · answer #4 · answered by Guroo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is for the woman to decide.
2007-09-26 01:57:56 · answer #5 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋