Would you abort a child with Down’s syndrome? Lets say your kid has down’s syndrome! Would you be ashamed?
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No I wouldn't. And I would never be ashamed of my child.
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If your (I’m talking general here) child has Down’s Syndrome and you’re even thinking of aborting your child, you’re the one who needs to get treatment to get your backwardness aborted. 
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There is no need to be ashamed if your child has any sort of special needs. Yes, it won't be easy to see your child growing up with a disability but you have to be strong and fight that condition with your child.
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If you are in early pregnancy and find out any type of medical issues that will be difficult for the child as a person - then I would rather think abortion.
If the child is born with any type of condition - and found out only after birth - then I'd give my life away to make sure he/she is well taken care of and will always be there for him/her.
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This has got to be a difficult situation for anyone to be in.
I cant say I know what I would do.
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As a mother I would think of what if they are wrong...and sometimes they are, so I would keep the child...and even if they are right, I am sure I wouldn't be able to go through terminating the pregnancy. I think God gives you only what you can handle...
I think its very difficult to answer this question. a person can probably give the most honest answer when a person is in the situation but still it doesnt make the question easier. I think for most of the people its not about shame ,its more about if they would be able to take care of the child,the extra needs it requires and how the child will smelt into the society.
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No and no. We talked about this when we went for our genetic screening and both felt the same way.
But I don't think we should pretend it is easy to raise a child with Down's. I decided that I would sacrifice other things in my life to be able to do a decent job.
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i feel like we’ve had this discussion before, hrm… deja vu…
anyway, my uncle has Down’s and i can honestly say he is one of the most loving, caring, kind people i’ve ever met in my life. he is an asset to our family in every way mA and never once has anyone in our family felt sorry that he’s around. he’s mA in his 40’s now.
the only tragedy is that there is such little support for kids with Down’s in pakistan. i’ve seen kids with Down’s in canada and they have so much more opportunity- they go to school, they work, they get assistance in all sorts of ways. if he had been living here way back when, he would have been able to do so much more.
regardless, our family would be missing so much without my uncle, and knowing that and knowing my uncle, i don’t think i could ever abort a child simply because they had Down’s.
as for being ashamed, yeah. NO. 
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There is nothing to be ashamed about...!!...seriously,its just the wrong thought process.
We declined the prenatal genetic testing which screens for Down's syndrome.Because we both knew that if God forbid it was Down's we still wont go ahead and terminate the pregnancy.
For those who actually face the situation,I am sure its not easy and it must be a pretty tough decision.I have been through quiet a few parenting forums and the general idea I got was that people do not terminate the pregnancy in most cases(its just an idea I got,I might not be right though!!)
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I really think that no one knows what they would do until faced with the actual situation. It is difficult to raise a child with special needs even in western countries where there is an amazing support system in place for children and adults with special needs. Living in a country where there is little or no support makes it that much more difficult. The parents need to decide whether they have both the emotional and the financial resources to handle it all. Its a huge decision.
Yet, people with down's are invariably the happiest people on the planet and enjoy each and every day of their lives to a degree that only a handful of "typical" people ever acheive. That, I think, is as much of a lifetime accomplishment as earning a doctorate degree.
I personally would not abort a down's baby. But have no issue with one who chose that route. There are other genetic maladies that I would abort though. Maladies that would cause a child to be born only to suffer greatly for a few years and then die a painful death. My sis, as a nurse in Peds ICU, has had patients like this and its just beyone heartbreaking.
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yes i would