Therapeutic abortion or pregnancy termination is always being considered for the parents of a fetus with Ectopia cordis. As a result of the disease’s very poor prognosis and high mortality rate a pregnancy termination is recommended.
Abortion is a very ethical topic.
Aborting a fetus with Ectopia cordis will relieve the newborn child from the painful short life it will have to face. The oldest person to live with Ectopia cordis was able to live up to 35. Many children die during surgery or sudden heart failure due to trauma.
Aborting a fetus with Ectopia cordis will relieve pain.
Others have debated that abortion is unethical, because no one should be in control of a life. They believe that aborting a baby is playing god.
WIth a high mortality rate, would aborting a fetus with Ectopia really be unethical?
Abortion is a very ethical topic.
Aborting a fetus with Ectopia cordis will relieve the newborn child from the painful short life it will have to face. The oldest person to live with Ectopia cordis was able to live up to 35. Many children die during surgery or sudden heart failure due to trauma.
Aborting a fetus with Ectopia cordis will relieve pain.
Others have debated that abortion is unethical, because no one should be in control of a life. They believe that aborting a baby is playing god.
WIth a high mortality rate, would aborting a fetus with Ectopia really be unethical?