A woman who is HIV positive and pregnant has a huge risk of transmitting the virus to her baby if she decides to follow through with her pregnancy. Would you recommend for women with HIV to get an abortion to prevent the risk of harming their child? Why or why not?
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1 :
I highly look down upon that. I think that because that woman knew that she was dying and she has a contagious diesease, she should have made sure that she was protected and had no chance of getting pregnant. Further more, she not only gave this diesease to a baby that will have a very short life, but she also gave it to whoever she was impregnanted by. It's a very selfish act. Even though she is probably happy to have the baby, I thinnk that she should abort. Save the baby from all the pain that it is going to have to endure after it is born. It's not fair that it should be cursed with those dieseases. Though, if she decided to follow through, then that's her choice. Though it is a very selfish choice,and the doctors who deliver her baby are going to have to be extremely careful, because they can easily get the dieseaser also.
2 :
Depends on the female if she could have the baby ok or not if she were raped or family member did this In some cases the answer would be abort asap the other may be go ahead and have the baby. If a woman is pregnant the baby is already infected with the disease from jump street straight up!!!!!!!!!!! No one should be able to make that kind od direction for a woman unless she is mentally disable
3 :
actually the baby has a really slight chance of having it.and the baby will be tested for a very long time(repeatedly after it's born,because hiv/aids CAN show up later on). so if the woman has a caring and devoted partner that agrees to look after their child in the event that she may lose her life,then I think it's fine.
4 :
If the woman is taking ARVs & the baby gets them for its first 6 weeks, the risk of transmission to the baby is reduced by 70%. Also, with HAART people can live long, relatively health lives. Women should not be denied the opportunity to have children because they have HIV. It should be a personal choice.
5 :
I would not recommend an abortion. These days, with proper treatment, the risk of transmission of HIV through pregnancy is actually very low. Women who are pregnant and have HIV can take medications and have C sections, which will reduce the risk of transmission of the virus to the baby to 1%. However, since risk of transmission can not be completely eliminated, women who have HIV should think very carefully about the risk and what they are getting into before deciding to have children. (I'm not saying they should decide not to have kids, I'm just saying they should think about it carefully before making a decision.) (Women who are HIV+ should not breastfeed, because the virus can be transmitted through breastfeeding.)
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