Results: Who Makes The Choice?
A couple in the United States paid a woman named Crystal $22,000 to carry their baby for them as they were unable to conceive a fourth child. 21 weeks into the pregnancy, it was discovered the baby had a cleft lip and palette, a cyst in her brain and heart defects. They were told the child only had a 25% chance of living a normal life. The parents wanted Crystal to have an abortion (they would pay her $10,000) while Crystal wanted to bring the baby to full term. In the end, the baby was born and given to other adoptive parents. She is 8 months old. If she does continue to survive, there is a 50% chance that she will not be able to walk, talk or use her hands.
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Who do you think had the right to make the decision about whether or not the child should be brought to full term?
The surrogate because she is the one carrying the child and she should be protecting the child.
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The biological parents because they have to raise the child and pay it's medical bills
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I'm not sure
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Other (please specify)
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The biological parents decided not to keep this child and instead, Crystal put her name on the certificate and gave the child up for adoption. What do you think of this? The parents abandoned their child. They wanted her so they should keep her irregardless of her heath conditions.
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They were faced with a tough decision and wanted the pregnancy to be terminated, when it wasn't they have every right to give up the baby.
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Undecided
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Other (please specify)
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Knowing what you do about the quality of life this child has and faces, do you think Crystal made the right decision? Yes
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No
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Undecided
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