I think the child I'm bearing may be my first cousin's and not my husbands. Is abortion acceptable?

Answer 1

I thought your husband was your first cousin...lol

Answer 2

How should the Source of human life affect our view of this matter? Acts 17:28: “By him [God] we have life and move and exist.” Ps. 36:9: “With you [Jehovah God] is the source of life.” Rom. 14:12: “Each of us will render an account for himself to God.”

How serious is the willful taking of a human life for a reason not authorized by God?

Gen. 9:6: “Anyone shedding man’s blood, by man will his own blood be shed, for in God’s image he made man.”

1 John 3:15: “No manslayer has everlasting life remaining in him.”

Ex. 20:13: “You must not murder.”

Does a doctor’s opinion that allowing a pregnancy to go full term would be harmful to the health of the mother justify an abortion?

Medical opinions are sometimes wrong. Would it be right to kill a fellow human because that one might harm his fellowman? If at the time of childbirth a choice must be made between the life of the mother and that of the child, it is up to the individuals concerned to make that choice. However, advances in medical procedures in many lands have made this situation very rare.

If Someone Says—

‘But I have a right to decide on matters affecting my own body.’ ‘I can understand how you feel. So often today our rights are trampled on by others; many just don’t care what happens to other people. But the Bible provides guidelines that can protect us. To receive the benefits, though, we must also accept the responsibilities.’ ‘Many mothers have been abandoned by the men who fathered their children. But in a home where both husband and wife live by Bible standards, the husband will really love his wife and children and loyally stay with them and provide for them. (1 Tim. 5:8; Eph. 5:28-31)’ ‘If we personally are to receive that kind of love and respect, we also have to apply Bible standards in our attitude toward the members of our family. How does the Bible say that we should view the children that we produce? (Ps. 127:3; contrast Isaiah 49:15.)’

Answer 3

You cheated on your husband with your cousin? Well, if you have not already told your husband that you are pregnant, then an abortion would take care of the issue. But are you going to tell him that you cheated, or that you want to abort what may be his baby? Sounds like a relationship ender to me.

Answer 4

It is your choice as to whether or not to have an abortion.

If you do not want to raise a child, or care that it might not be related to your husband, then I would suggest abortion. If you are willing to care for and to raise a child regardless, then I would not. It is safer and less expensive to have an abortion as early as possible, in the first trimester. You also have the option of adoption, though I'd suggest finding a family first, as many children are left in foster care without a home.

Genetic problems are only slightly elevated in the case of first cousins, under 5%. Unless the tests show some painful genetic disease, I would not consider this as a valid reason for abortion.

Still, it is your personal choice. Consider both options carefully. Children change everything. If you're not sure that abortion is the right choice, it may be wise to avoid it. And ask yourself the opposite:

Are you willing put your body through labor, have a baby that requires nurturing most hours of the day, teach it to walk, love them. send him or her to school, and general be a great parent, regardless of its father? Just keep in mind that many children go unwanted these days, so you must be willing to stake out your position and make the best of either scenario.

Answer 5

In cases of rape and incest I, like most people, agree that women should have a legal choice whether to carry or abort - but that leaves open the question of what the woman ought to choose for herself. In this case choosing abortion would likely be the result of deciding the baby has a good chance of being medically abnormal in some way. In other words, it is deciding whose life is worth living and then wielding the power of life and death based on our own judgments of what another person's life is worth.

That practice is called eugenics. I don't mean this in a hyperbolic way, but that is literally what formed the basis of Nazis killing handicapped people. Needless to say, it should be evident that we must be very careful in wielding such power.

I believe that once a fetus' heart is beating, face is forming, and brain is working it is awfully hard to argue this new life has no ontological value and no "rights" that we owe to it, as if it were metaphysically exactly like an ingrown hair in need of plucking. At that point, I think we shoudl err on the side of restraint in deciding what we do, err on the side of supoprting this new life even if that life we expect to be of less quality than it would otherwise be if our sexual choices had been genetically the wiser.

Unless, of course, you really are willing to tell someone born of an incestual affair they would be better off dead. In which case we would lack a basis for communication!

Also, let me get this straight, you cheated with your first cousin who is a woman and now you might be pregnant with her baby?

*smile*

Answer 6

In Britain it is perfectly legal to marry your cousin, and there have been no genetic defects proven as a result. So that's not the issue.

If your question is genuine then you have been very stupid. Killing an innocent child is not the answer. If you don't think you can keep the baby, then give it up for adoption. Thousands of couples would love to have him or her as part of their family.

Answer 7

You placed this question under Spirituality, so I'm assuming the question is posed as to the acceptability in God's eyes.

I find it strange that worried about the acceptability of abortion after you slept with your cousin while married to your husband. The whole thing is one big SIN. This cow is already out of the barn.

No, in my mind there is no acceptability for abortion unless you were raped, it compromises your health or you're just a little girl. I think God formed that baby to be just the way he or she is, and they are precious to His heart.

You need to come clean with God, first, and ask Him for His forgiveness. Then you need to come clean with the parties directly involved, and ask for their forgiveness, too. At that point, you can, together with your family, make any decisions about the baby and your family's future.

TX Mom

Answer 8

No.

Your sinfulness is no reason to punish the child.

The child is not the problem here. You are.

There can never be any justification for willfully taking the life of an innocent person- especially a defenseless child.

In the United States, the womb is the most dangerous place for a baby to be.

Answer 9

Give me some , and I be da baby daddy .... ha ha ha ha

If you will cheat on your husband with a family member , you would do anybody wouldn't you ??

Stop trying to be one of us Southerners ....

only Blacks can call each other Ni**a
only whites can call each other cracker or honkey
only us Southerners get to FK our cousins ...d*mn it ....

Answer 10

Wow, incest and murder, you are a twisted pup...Ha. I'll bet your going to get a lot of people riled up with this gag. I like to poke the yahoo!answers beehive myself.