Dawkins on Down Syndrome foetus: "Abort and Try again"

[the_bob_delusion]

“Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice,” -Dawkins.

Discuss. 

[the_bob_delusion]

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@isgodnu wrote:

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

So what's worst; never being born or being born and be neglected and essentially abused? 

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So essentially you are claiming that parents who do not believe in abortion are necessarily abusive?

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Actually, it's a hypothetical, you have to choose one. 

Let's just throw a spanner in the works. What about aborting a perfectly healthy baby then?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ireland-woman-forced-caesarean-pregnant-rape-friend

A young woman forced to give birth by caesarean section after being denied an abortion in Ireland became pregnant after she was raped. The woman, who cannot be named, was refused an abortion when she demanded a termination at eight weeks, saying she was suicidal. She discovered she was pregnant a few weeks after arriving in Ireland this year and told her friends: "I do not want this. I am too young to be a mother. I am not ready."

[isgodnu]

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

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She discovered she was pregnant a few weeks after arriving in Ireland this year and told her friends: "I do not want this. I am too young to be a mother. I am not ready."

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Unfortunately you don't always get what you want.

I do not accept "I do not want this. I am too young to be a mother. I am not ready"  as an acceptable reason to abort.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@isgodnu wrote:

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

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She discovered she was pregnant a few weeks after arriving in Ireland this year and told her friends: "I do not want this. I am too young to be a mother. I am not ready."

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Unfortunately you don't always get what you want.

I do not accept "I do not want this. I am too young to be a mother. I am not ready"  as an acceptable reason to abort.

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I'm sure she didn't ask to be raped either. 

[katydidthat]

She was pregnant after being raped and she was suicidal.

[isgodnu]

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

I'm sure she didn't ask to be raped either. 

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Unfortunately sometimes you get things you didn't ask for also.

I still see no justification.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@isgodnu wrote:

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

I'm sure she didn't ask to be raped either. 

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Unfortunately sometimes you get things you didn't ask for also.

I still see no justification.

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So which part of it was her fault?

[isgodnu]

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@katydidthat wrote:
She was pregnant after being raped and she was suicidal.

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That would have been a double murder.

[isgodnu]

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

So which part of it was her fault?

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Neither. Which part was the baby's fault?

[polksaladallie]

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@isgodnu wrote:

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@katydidthat wrote:
She was pregnant after being raped and she was suicidal.

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That would have been a double murder.

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Rubbish.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@isgodnu wrote:

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@katydidthat wrote:
She was pregnant after being raped and she was suicidal.

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That would have been a double murder.

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Is killing always wrong? And also be deserving of punishment?