SummarySome reasons and factors should allow women carrying children with physical and mental disabilities to choose to have an abortion knowing that they cannot fully provide for their children emotionally, financially and even physically. This report discusses these reasons and their implications; it justifies the need for an action considered “murder” in most societies and sheds light on the harsh truth for those few who have found themselves faced with the unfortunate situation of having children with special needs. Here it is argued that women should be given the option to choose abortion due to the financial cost of raising the child, the effect that the disability will bring on the child's life, and also the impact of the child's disability on the family. What is explained here will further answer the question, “what if my child was never born?” 1.0 IntroductionWhat is abortion? According to Medicine.net (2010), miscarriage is generally defined as the premature exit of the products of conception from the body and loss of pregnancy. A disorder, however, is defined as an imbalance or abnormality of function; a morbid physical or mental state. In all aspects, a child brought into the world should be treated with care and love. All children should feel wanted by their parents. However, the number of cases of unwanted children abandoned in orphanages is sad. Even more shocking is the discovery that some of these unfortunate children have disabilities that would compromise their quality of life. The prospects for adoption for these children appear dim. So the burning question remains: women who conceive children with known physical and mental impairments should be in the middle of the paper…living in private families.” OPCS Disability Surveys in Great Britain. Report 5. London: HMSO viewed 7 April 2010,13. Dobson, B, Middleton, S, Beardsworth, A (2001), 'The Impact of Childhood Disability On Family Life', York Publishing Services Ltd, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, viewed 5 April 2010,14. Powell, T. H., & Ogle, Pennsylvania (1985). “Brothers and Sisters: A Special Part of Exceptional Families.” Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing, accessed April 7, 2010, http://openlibrary.org/b/OL2857325M/Brothers_sisters--a_special_part_of_exception_families15. Stirof S, Stirof B, (2010), 'The impact of a disabled child on your marriage', viewed 5 April 2010,