Ho'kay, here's my thoughts on this. It's a double edged sword in alot of ways with no definitive answer for me. For someone else, abortion should be acceptable in this case simply because such severe health risks would certain diminish the child's chances of surviving to term, or the birth at that. What's the point.
On my end however, I take it a little differently. I have been warned strongly against having another baby due to health issues. My heart couldn't handle it, the drugs I have to take to keep me alive would turn the poor kid into some grotesque golem most likely, and there is a very high risk of me passing on my genetic blood disorder, dooming the kid to a life of bloodthinners and heart problems. Knowing this, I would never place myself in a position to endanger a possible life in so many ways. It's just plain selfish. Knowing all this, I doubt I would opt for the safer route in my case just because I guess I'd feel as if I'd deserve it. Weird and self-destructive? Yes, but having this opinion is one of the many things that KEEPS the possibility of conceiving a kid to nil. Well, that and the fact that I'm too busy being a crazy widowed cat lady to do those in-between the sheets things. 😀
On my end however, I take it a little differently. I have been warned strongly against having another baby due to health issues. My heart couldn't handle it, the drugs I have to take to keep me alive would turn the poor kid into some grotesque golem most likely, and there is a very high risk of me passing on my genetic blood disorder, dooming the kid to a life of bloodthinners and heart problems. Knowing this, I would never place myself in a position to endanger a possible life in so many ways. It's just plain selfish. Knowing all this, I doubt I would opt for the safer route in my case just because I guess I'd feel as if I'd deserve it. Weird and self-destructive? Yes, but having this opinion is one of the many things that KEEPS the possibility of conceiving a kid to nil. Well, that and the fact that I'm too busy being a crazy widowed cat lady to do those in-between the sheets things. 😀
