difficult Moral Question I found on The Escapist.

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Wow. Read this first post.

This is an interesting question. For the short version of the above, within a week or two of you or your partner's (hypothetical) pregnancy you found out that the child will have a serious mental disability, to the point of the child never being able to support itself at all, even as an adult still having the mental capacity of a very young infant, e.i., the inability to talk, walk, or even hold it's waste and eat by itself.

The poll in question asks, what would you do with such a child? Would you abort it, put it up for adoption or raise it?

I'd probably abort the child. In my opinion, the purpose of life it to live, and reproduce, continuing the human race. This child will never reproduce, or in anyway assist human race, except maybe having some sort of good moral story. So, if I was put on the spot I would have the child aborted, partially because of the above, and partially because I couldn't just pass it off to someone, just because I don't want to carry the burden. "No, I don't want to go through my life slaving over this child, but you can if you want."

At the time of writing, the poll is going as reads below.

Have an abortion
84.3% (285)

Give it up for adoption
8.3% (28)

Raise it regardless

7.4% (25)

Apparently many people agree with me. Now, I'm really curious as to what you guys think. Drop a comment below, please tell me what your opinion is.