Abortion And The Mentally Handicapped

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of being a
responsible parent, but you are, at times, capable of making rational moral
decisions. However, because you are not able to make important, rational, moral
decisions most of the time your mother can claim that you are not mentally
capable of raising a child. Also. We took in to account that the father of this
unborn child is unknown. There is no one to help you make this decision, but
more importantly, there is not another parental figure to aid in the raising and
caring for this child. From testimonies from your mother and your psychiatrist,
it is our understanding that you can do neither on your own.
Ms. Smith, you have been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. As you
know, the treatment for paranoid schizophrenia is a variety of different drugs.
This gives you a slightly higher chance of having fetal defects such as cystic
fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, abruptioplacentae, miscarriage, or placenta
previa to name a few. We also feel that there is an increased ...

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