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ecib  ·  4211 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, a moral conundrum for you.

I may face exactly this choice in the near future. My fiancé is at an age where the risks of genetic complications in a pregnancy are going through the roof, -specifically regarding things like Downs Syndrome.

That being said, I don't believe you can test for Autism, but if you could I would actually be on the fence. Downs Syndrome would see me choose to abort the pregnancy, but high functioning Autism...I don't know. It would be less clear for me. I think I would lean towards aborting simply because I would be extremely fearful of my ability to set up a situation where my child would be able to be provided for for the rest of his or her life after I was gone. The thought of not being able to button that up would kill me :/