Would you have an abortion if you knew your child would have down syndrome

Would you have an abortion if you knew your child would have down syndrome?

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Master Zik said:
360waves said:
Very sad, what about autism? My friends brothers child has it but it isn't as severe. How does one gauge the severity?
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I don't think there's anyway to gauge the severity of autism in an unborn child. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. From my experience you gotta take them to a specialist when they're like 2 or 3 to see where they land on the spectrum.
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Yup, this is correct.

You can't tell if a child has autism until you start noticing they aren't "on track" in regards to acquiring their developmental skills...

Which is usually around the age of 2.
 
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my friend's sister had DS and she grew up relatively happy (or so i think), but it was because they were patient and had the money to provide a great environment that kept her that way...she had constant care, a round the clock attendant, intense therapy sessions, medications, etc...
  • Down syndrome: The medical costs for a child with Down syndrome were 12 to 13 times higher than a child without Down syndrome. If a child with Down syndrome also has a congenital heart defect, families experience even higher medical costs (3).
http://www.cdc.gov/features/birthdefectscostly/
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its expensive and if a person cannot provide adequate care or is stressed out and emotionally unavailable (which we all know that a lack of $ can cause), i completely understand why people terminate, and I would be one of them...
 
I'd push for the abortion.

Would just be too much to deal with for too long, as well as being too expensive.
 
GetBack said:
 
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thots gon thot
 
LIONBLOOD said:
 
Down syndrome doesn't automatically give you symptoms of autism...in fact kids with DS can be sociable and loving. People assume every neurodevelopment disorder has autistic traits.

Children's behaviour and social development is influenced by temperament and personality. Some children are anxious in temperament, others placid and calm. Some children are outgoing and sociable, others are shy and find it less easy to make friends. Research studies indicate that the range of temperamental and personality characteristics among children with Down syndrome is the same as the range observed in typically developing children. There is little evidence to support the stereotype which suggests that all children with Down syndrome are invariably placid and happy.
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Nah, I had that response qued up a few weeks ago and it was responding to someone that mentioned autism

You don't have to lecture me, I am a special education teacher
 
Naw Down syndrome ppl might b different but still be doing their thing like everybody else , no problem with that all ...other reasons to have an abortion besides this
 
It depends on if there are associated physical anomalies.

There's a spectrum with Downs and some can have severe heart defects, GI problems etc. I wouldn't want to bring a child into the world just to suffer
 
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youngdoc said:
It depends on if there are associated physical anomalies.


There's a spectrum with Downs and some can have severe heart defects, GI problems etc. I wouldn't want to bring a child into the world just to suffer
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Yea I was going to bring these up, then I learned that the life expectancy for people with down syndrome today is 60+. I'll be lucky if I make it past 40. 



I'm guessing the ones with the most severe anomalies either die within the first year or so. I don't think there's a way to detect the severity early during the window where abortion would be acceptable. 
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You can detect the defects early especially if they are large. Pediatric heart surgery has made a lot of advancements but there are still some conditions that there would be a lot of suffering. They wouldn't necessarily die that early but have a lot of palliative surgeries until they were able to get a transplant.

Most Downs patients will be fine but they do have a much higher risk when compared to the gen pop
 
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I sure would if I knew

Which is why with my kid I told the doctor don't tell me the sex or any disorders unless the baby is in danger of dying or my lady.
 
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