If you had to choose between your own life and the life of your unborn baby, you would choose your baby's life, amirite?

I would, because I know that kid would feel like the most loved kid in the world.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No... The kid would wish they had a mom, and be jealous of all the other kids whose moms weren't dead... (Until they were like 18 or something. They'd understand then)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But could you live with yourself knowing you killed your child? Probably not.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Personally I wouldn't regard it as a child, I'd be regarding it as a bundle of cells... Can't you abort before the thing starts looking human? I'm just gonna hope I never end up in that situation anyway.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, from day 3, it kind of looks like a human, but it's still a bunch of unspecialized cells. In fact, it doesn't even get pulses that give it a functioning brain/nerve senses until after the 1st trimester.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

21 days to be shallow and pedantic. I had to do some theatre about abortion and that's the only thing I remember.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A fetus is not a potential human, but a human with potential.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I most certainly would not. How is an unborn fetus any more impotant than I, who has endured and given much already to society?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But how can you tell what the baby will contribute? Just playing devil's advocate here.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

obviously you are, if you're sarah palin. i just had to.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Shush, I'm a maverick~~

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i would save my own life cuz i could always make more kids. and also im just a selfish bastard like that:)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you were carrying an unborn child, wouldn't you kill it by killing yourself?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's what I thought!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Personally, I'd rather live. I'm selfish. But if I'm actually in the situation, I don't know. I always say, "Yeah! I'll tell that person off next time I see them!", but then I see them and I don't. So, not quite sure.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, I'm only 15 so first of all it's hard to imagine having a child. Also, I would want my child to have a mother.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I can't decide. I've never been in that situation and I never want to be. I don't want to be selfish and say "I would want to live because I can always make other babies." But that's kind of how I feel. I guess it depends on the circumstances.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well maybe there's no proof to you, cause chances are you don't personally know this person.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Easier said than done.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don`t think anyone can say unless they`ve been in this situation or something close.. even though i yya now that i think about it I don`t think I would because if I was young and i had to make a decision like this than i would choose to live because I have hopes and dreams I want to fulfill and if i was old I`d probably already have kids and who would take care of them when I died? the baby would just be more work and they would probably resent the child a lil bit

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I would have to chose the life of my baby. Abortion just isn't something I think I could handle, even though I'm pro-choice. I guess that could be because I personally don't think my own life is really worth much. But it's also because I just... wouldn't be able to live with myself if I knew I chose myself over the possibility of another life. But of course, I'm only fifteen and I have not been in this situation. Perspective changes overtime, so who knows?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Depends on if the baby was on purpose or an accident And how far it is into pregnancy

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I honestly can say I don't know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It would kind of depend how far along the way it is, if its able to kick then yes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You can have another baby but you can never be replaced.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That baby will never be identically replaced sure you could have another baby but it still wouldn't be the same. For those of you have siblings you are not all the same and you cant be replaced with each other. If you can replace a baby with another baby then you can replace a born human being with another human being?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But that baby has yet to show anyone his/her personality yet, and so no one would be able to tell the difference between the unborn baby and another baby. It's kind of like the Shrodinger's cat paradox; the baby is everything at once, because we don't know what it is yet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It doesn't matter if anyone can tell the difference. It is the fact the baby is different. We know that is a fetus and has the potential to become a perfectly functioning human being. Personally, I don't think we, as human beings, should have the right to decide who lives and who doesn't on superficial aspects.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'd want my child to have a mother. My husband and I could make another child, but (this is going to sound a bit selfish) they wouldn't have another me, and I'd want the opportunity to see my kid grow up at my side.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But who's to say that you will be able to have other children? Everyone is assuming this is a one-time thing, that you'll be able to have other children. What would your answer be if this was the one and only time you (or your spouse) could get pregnant?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've already made my mistakes. This child could be something amazing, incredible. It could also be something terrible and awful, but you don't know until they grow up, right? Also, if I chose my life, how could I go through life with that guilt on my shoulders? I'll always be stuck with the "what if"s. I'd be stuck on my selfishness for my entire life, and I couldn't handle that personally.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

^^The only valid and logical comment on this post

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Though you must think of how you'd possibly set your baby up for torture as it grows up. If my parents died for me, I'd hate myself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Really? You would be comforted with the fact that your mother valued her life over yours? You'd rather she let you die?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Probably. During the situation I'd probably feel like dirt. Also, I believe that unborn babies just move on to a different soon-to-be mother.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm starting to think we have conflicting images. I'm picturing a mother going into labor, and to save the baby, they have to do a procedure that will most likely kill me. I think you're just thinking about abortion. And this becomes an abortion debate... -_-;

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's so hard to say what you would do. My Grandad's Mum died when she gave birth to him. And he is still messed up about it. And he's in his 70s. He has the guilt on HIS shoulders, and was resented by his Dad and brothers and sisters, because his birth took her away. So that's just another perspective to think about.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I definitely agree with your view. My mom had serious complications when my brother was born. If she had died then and my brother lived, I would never have been able to forgive him. Even if it wasn't really his fault.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I honestly don't see it as being heartless or selfish to choose your own life over an unborn baby. And the majority of the people saying they would choose the baby, are saying they don't value their own lives anyways and are people who I've personally read posts/comments from talking about their suicide attempts/thoughts depression etc. Anyways, I value my life. I'm going places. I'm doing things. And I have so much more to live for. If I had complications with a pregnancy there's no way I'd choose to end my own life.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just because I'm capable of loving my child just does not mean I don't value my life. I would never consider suicide, but I would do whatever it takes to protect my baby. I would give my life for my child in a minute, and I know my husband wouldn't resent our child because he is not that selfish.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think anyone can honestly answer this question until they have been placed in this situation. It is incredibly easy to say one thing when you've never experienced it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@618251: I totally agree, but more so for the people saying they'd choose the baby. To actually be put in that situation then say 'yeah, ill die, its cool'... Uhh doubt it. Human nature is selfish. And there's nothing wrong with that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, selfishness causes most of the world's problems. There are definitely things wrong with being selfish, regardless of your worldview.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Evolution has built instincts into our species and one of the strongest instincts we are given are the instincts to create and protect the next generation at any cost. To kill your own baby is to go against your own instincts and is the most selfish acts anyone could commit.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Pregnant women, usually, have lots of people who loved them, and would be devistated if they died. Women have miscarrages all the time and their life goes on, sure they are devistated... but they can try for another baby. I don't think it's selfish to choose your own life, not saying I would or could, I don't know because it's never happend to me. But it's not selfish if you would.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Regardless of what I've done it's more than anything a fetus has done. So your point is moot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@618732: I think the point they were trying to make is people are selfish. Point blank. And this post has nothing to do with 'world problems', its about choosing your own life over another. Which, as much as soo many people say they would choose the other, they likely would choose thmeselves when actually put in the situation.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Are you talking about the life of my future child who does not exist yet an embryo?

by Anonymous 13 years ago