Abortion/reasons

Overview

This page is for discussion of the reasons why abortions are performed.

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It is reasonable to abort a pre-enervated fetus for any of the following reasons:

To save the life of the mother
To prevent a child from being born into circumstances where it would not be properly cared for (i.e. prevention of "unwanted children")
In cases of rape:
- We don't want to help spread the rapist's genes, as his violent tendencies may be partly due to genetics.
- We don't want to put the mother in the emotionally excruciating position of giving birth to (and having to deeply care for) a child who may resemble her rapist in many ways.
To prevent a child from being born with problems which would be likely to severely impair its future happiness (e.g. serious birth defects, congenital illness)
To prevent severe damage to the mother's economic well-being (e.g. when circumstances prevent the mother from becoming properly educated or pursuing a career if she has a child to nurse/raise), especially when combined with one or more of the above reasons
- This reason is probably the most subject to abuse; it really depends a great deal on the circumstances -- how hard did the mother try to avoid becoming pregnant, how severely will her livelihood be affected, what viable alternatives exist, etc.