A Dilemma Comments

I read this and all of the comments and I agree w/what has been stated. I too would have an abortion if it came to the point I found out my unborn baby had a deformity. It would be a hard choice but I would none the less. So many people for their own selfish reasons choose to continue a pregnancy when they know that there is a problem and then they use religion as their shield.

I agree with the idea you have in here to a point, cause I have seen what can happen. Though I am sure you have seen more than me considering you are a doctor. I know when I first became pregnant, My husband I both agreed that if our child had a genetic deformity...I would've had an abortion. This was probably more my choice than his. I know some would say that thought was wrong but I look at it this way...I will die one day and who would take care of my child when I die? Most people don't even consider this.

Very thoughtful. Like it

THis is a question that has to be seriously considered. Our World applies many standards. Countries with their own laws running their Governments in different ways. To be a woman in some African Countries means being having your sexual organs sliced so you cannot feel any sexual feelings. Being a woman in India can mean death for the woman if she runs out of dowery money or goods. Being a child in Australia means having no boundaries or old fashioned discipline. So no real depth of values. and SO ON. Your question is deep and very meaningful Herbert. It does befuddle the brain. 10

I just read all the comment, and one statement stood out, Quote- (You are right Rich, any perceived correlation to the one who has now been booted off the site was totally unintentional.) Who got booted off? While on the subject, how did you guys find this site? Were your poems already on here, and you found out just by chance? I have no idea how my first two poems got on here, but once I found them posted here I've had somewhat of a dilemma as of how to find how they got here in the first place.

I see this poem as not your view, but that of the people of the world, and you have given it a voice. Many people quietly whisper these dilemmas, and you were kind enough to bring them out in the open even though at the risk of ruffling a good many feathers. It's a 10.

No on both counts. I wonder what happened. You used to be so precise in both writing and understanding English. I do have a rather thick skin so even the strongest insult usually rolls of me like water off a duck's back. The sly ones, however, tell me about the person sneaking them into the conversation. H

What? ? Are you actually admonishing me for not keeping up with your writings? I sure hope THAT was an example of your sense of humor.

Poetry Hound: Would you like me to re-write it to suit you? I am sorry you don't read my poems normally (apparently) or you would never ask a question like that. H

You are right Rich, any perceived correlation to the one who has now been booted off the site was totally unintentional. And one big reason I wrote these latest poems is precisely the ever present problem, or dilemma of who can (and unashamedly will) make those decisions. That includes euthanasia and other nice pastimes. If you read it correctly, the way it was intended to come across I am asking questions, pondering answers. Yes, scary stuff, the reality lives among us. I invite you to go to any hospital and look behind the curtains. And I haven't even said ANYTHING about Rockefeller yet. H

Herbert, having scrolled up to your poem about the young man who killed his parents at their behest, I'm sure now that you meant no ill to anyone with this poem. My apologies for over-reacting.

Herbert. Given the touchiness and sensitivity of people on this site right now, I really don't think this was the right time to post this poem. I realize that you're a doctor and perhaps were just mulling over the merits of euthanasia in your mind, but not here. Not now.

Can't tell if this a case of a dry sense of humor or racist/fascist tendencies. I hope it's the former.