Would you abort your baby to save your own life.?

Question

You are 9 months pregnant and the doctors for some reason say that one of you would have to die for the other to live. What would you do? would you...

1. Kill your baby to save your life

2. die for your baby to live

Fill free, speak your mind

Answer 1

If it was early in my pregnancy I would consider aborting - as a baby really isn't any good going through life knowing mum died to save it. Nine months preg however...... I think I would take my chances. You cannot kill a 9-month old baby without going to jail, so I guess you need to accept you may die if you give birth - we all might.

Answer 2

Stupid! There's no reason for the baby to die, You're 9 months pregnant!  They could save both!  But, I would sacrifice myself to save my child.  Children should never die before their parents.  My child carries my DNA and thus insures my own immortality -in a way.  I die yet I still live on.  It's seems very selfish to say, "But no one will take care of my baby like me..."  -You can't even protect your children from everything while their in your care.  Some of you that haven't had a child can't possibly understand, however, I understand either way because in fact, it's a very tough decision that isn't easily answered and there isn't a correct answer for everyone to follow.

Answer 3

I guess I would...IDK that's a tuff one.

Answer 4

I am a man and men cannot have babies stupid!

Answer 5

Die for your baby to live.

The older person already had an experienced life. Its the newborn's turn.

Answer 6

tough one..id probably save my life...knowing i could have another baby

Answer 7

This is really a scary question kind of bizarre.  I believe if the Mom was in any danger she and the doctors would make the decision of saving her life along with a full term life of a child.  This isn't right! you didn't mention what was Moms' medical condition.  Is this your choice?  Family members should help you and support this decision.  Good Luck.

Answer 8

I am a mother to a wonderful seven year old boy and I have to say that I would sacrifice my own life for my child.  Though I had my son at an early age (20), I was with my fiance at the time (who is now my husband) and I know he would have been well taken care of, along with other family members help, as well.  I had a chance at living a life and it would be unfair of me not to give that opportunity to my child.

This is a no win situation overall but, this is my opinion.  

Answer 9

Well isn't it the law that the doctor always picks the mother over the baby in cases such as these? In any case, I have no idea. It could go either way, obviously with reservations about both decisions. I think it's one of those situations when you can't truly know what you'd do unless you were in that exact position. I have never been a mother and therefore dont yet feel that attachment to a child I've never even "met," yet there is a certain cruelty to the act of choosing your life over another's. On the other hand, there would be so much to lose if I were to die... This is a very difficult question to answer.

Answer 10

Well right now I'm a selfish teenager so I would have to say bye-bye baby, but I might feel differently if I was actually in that situation.

Answer 11

h**l yeah I would

Answer 12

I would abort myself to save my own life if I could.

Answer 13

Your own life is always the most valuable but I don't think that situation would happen well not at 9 months

Answer 14

I would save myself the baby won't even remember she/he lived... kinda and besides, I'll never experience that fork in the road... I'm a guy :)

Answer 15

That is a valid reason for an abortion, and it is different than convenience abortion, or the false pro-choice concept.

Answer 16

i'd die for the baby... i'd give him or her a chance to live.

Answer 17

By virtue of the fact that I would be 9 months along, I wouldn't abort...by that point the baby could survive onhis or her own...I would have them induce me.   Your question is not really....real.  Know what I mean?

Answer 18

YES I would have an abortion if I was going to die if I had the baby. Its called pro choice. It would be a VERY difficult decision and maybe I would even discuss dying for my baby's life if I was in that situation. But deep down I would want my family and baby's father to want ME to live. To choose me over the baby. I would hope that I would be encouraged to live. Because the baby wouldnt know it lived and died. But everyone already knows me and would mourn me longer and harder than a baby they never met.

Thats why I believe in pro choice. Because women should have the choice no matter what. And if the option of abortion is taken away then it could be taken away for even extreme circumstances like the one you suggested.

Answer 19

If i Save my baby,he/she would have no mother to really take motherly care and may be his/her life would be miserable as it is the truth that a mother can only understand ,care and most importantly be patient with her child. I would not leave my little self(baby) to suffer.

So, probably i would be alive,to give birth to life and be around him/her till he/she is old enough to handle life.

Answer 20

kill the baby.  You wouldn't want to bring a baby into a world having it know it killed it's own mother, would you?

Answer 21

I would die for my baby to live...I wouldn't be able to live the rest of my life knowing I killed a child.

Answer 22

the answer is simple, actually...

i would die for my baby(even tho im not a women)... its not right to kill, and you've already lived your life, so let this child live it's life!  

Answer 23

kill the baby... if i die my husband would be really sad... if I'm a live and i can have another baby i will..if  i can i will adopt

Answer 24

Of course not, the baby can live on it's own.  This question really makes no sense

Answer 25

This is not a feasible hypothetical dilemma.  At 9 months, a baby can survive outside the womb.  h**l, even at 6 months a baby can survive outside the womb, so what could possibly cause death in one of you?

I don't think I could make that decision until it was forced upon me.  I have 2 small children and thought of leaving them behind would probably lead me to not let myself die.  Children who had their mothers die when they are so young, end up extremely messed up adults.      

Answer 26

id abort the baby, because i can get new babies if im alive.

if i die, then the baby has to live by itself and hteres no more chance for me to brign moer life to this world

Answer 27

i would abort the baby