Clucking bell!........
Thats gonna divide the collective!....
Let me say first that on a fundamental level I don’t agree with abortion. Though I have to say my wife and I did consider it as an option with our last child, though I’m happy to say we didn’t go through with it, and now can’t understand why we even considered it. Such is life.
This question opens up a whole sub-can of worm like questions like:
Does she have any other children to consider? (looking up I think thats a yes)
What would she have done if abortion had never been discovered to be an option?
Would she have felt guilty if she’d had an abortion and never been able to forgive herself?
If she’d have never found out about her condition would she ever have considered the option?
Is it really a womans ‘right’ to have an abortion? especialy if the pregnancy was origionaly planned?
What about the farthers right to become a farther? if he’s still about? has he been contacted? or family for that matter?
You could probably go on forever, for every ‘pro’ you will probably come up with a ‘con’.
My personal feeling and opinion without all the details is:
She should not of had an abortion as an option, and at the end of the day if she’s got family her other children should have no need to suffer. I don’t think saying I’ll probably go blind is really an excuse for denying life, if it was an extremely high risk of death, then yes, consider the option.
Anyway all siad and done, she’s now partially sighted with a new child, so what really is the question?
Should a government be able to deny abortion?
I suppose for me, no, permanent blindness is not justification for abortion. As a farther now knowing my last child, I would never have been able to forgive my wife if I wanted the child and she went against my wishes.