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Is it immoral for a doctor to recommend an abortion?

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DCal430

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Lets say it is 25 week of pregnancy and the doctor discovers the child has a very serious genetic defect, one that incompatible with life. If the child is born it has a less than 10% chance of living beyond 1 year and 0% beyond 5 years. If it does live beyond a year it would always be connected to breathing machines and feeding tubes.

Would it be immoral for the doctor to tell the mother that she should get an abortion, or even suggest to the mother that terminating the pregnancy would be wise.
 
DCal430 said:
Lets say it is 25 week of pregnancy and the doctor discovers the child has a very serious genetic defect, one that incompatible with life. If the child is born it has a less than 10% chance of living beyond 1 year and 0% beyond 5 years. If it does live beyond a year it would always be connected to breathing machines and feeding tubes.

Would it be immoral for the doctor to tell the mother that she should get an abortion, or even suggest to the mother that terminating the pregnancy would be wise.
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Nope. In this scenario, it's a responsible recommendation. He's not forcing it on the parents, merely giving them their options and his recommendation.
 
That's pretty far along, but under those circumstances I think the doctor should advise them on options, but not to recommend it unless flat out asked for their personal opinion.

I think it would save a lot of grieving (additional) all around to have an abortion under those circumstances.
 
First the OP trolled P&N today comparing sex offenders and gun owners, and now ATOT with the good ole abortion thread standby.
 
DCal430 said:
Lets say it is 25 week of pregnancy and the doctor discovers the child has a very serious genetic defect, one that incompatible with life. If the child is born it has a less than 10% chance of living beyond 1 year and 0% beyond 5 years. If it does live beyond a year it would always be connected to breathing machines and feeding tubes.

Would it be immoral for the doctor to tell the mother that she should get an abortion, or even suggest to the mother that terminating the pregnancy would be wise.
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How old are you that you do not possess the capacity for critical thought?
Or are you from Alabama?
 
suggest, not recommend. "Perhaps it would be better to try again?" And also mention how common spontaneous abortions are. Another word for that is 'Miscarriage." They're all too common.

Childbirth is an intensely personal time period that is fraught with potential medical problems. The government has no business getting in the way of doctors and their patients.
 
You know the saying, opinions are like assholes... The doctor is giving his recommendation(which I agree with) based on his experience, moral stance, and economic outlook. You can find some other asshole...err opinion somewhere else . It's up to the patient to make the final call, and as long as the professional information presented isn't fraudulent, the doctors' opinion is as good as any.
 
One unfortunate side effect of some anti-abortion legislation and activism is that it has made doctors capable of performing late term abortions rare in some states. This makes it hard to find a doctor when you have a fetus that has grown wrong and needs to come out to save the mother from serious harm.

Andrew Sullivan had a series of stories from his readers about late term complications and abortion. I can't imagine a more horrific experience than getting a wife pregnant, her having complications late in the term, and not being able to find a doctor to save her life.
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/06/its-so-personal-a-round-up/200913/

If shit goes wrong, the uterus can become a nasty place. It's good to have doctors who know how to flush it out.
 
lxskllr said:
You know the saying, opinions are like assholes... The doctor is giving his recommendation(which I agree with) based on his experience, moral stance, and economic outlook. You can find some other asshole...err opinion somewhere else . It's up to the patient to make the final call, and as long as the professional information presented isn't fraudulent, the doctors' opinion is as good as any.
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the doctor, based on his moral stance, could have told the mother to not kill the baby. according to the above quote, this opinion is as good as any.
 
IMHO, we would need to know if the child would enjoy it's life.

If it got 5ish good years even connected to tubes and the like then that's sort of nice.

I deal mostly with animals. Even getting them one more good year is a lot in their lives.

With people that's not so much as a whole, but a alot if you are not working with a full lifespan to begin with.

For me, even my most crappy day was still a day I had some happiness in.
 
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