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In an interview with the Washington Post, the women - Sharon Duchesneau, who gave birth, and Candace McCullough, her lesbian lover - say that they believe deafness is "an identity not a medical affliction that needs to be fixed".

Wonder what she thinks of stupidity?

While I see no reason to be upset that this couple would want to "bring a handicapped child into the world" (the alternative raises the specter of eugenics) I do see a reason to be upset that this couple would deliberately attempt to handicap a child. If two deaf people (of the opposite sex) want a child, and the child will have a 50% or greater chance of being deaf, then I have no problem. But this case is not that case.

Shalom.

[weegee]

While I see no reason to be upset that this couple would want to "bring a handicapped child into the world" (the alternative raises the specter of eugenics)

Why take chances? Adopt or offer foster care for a deaf child. If their child had not been born deaf, they would have forever distanced their child (even if it was never "spoken") because that child never met their expectations.

Have they thought about offering their services to a deaf community center? Helping the kids to feel "empowered"? Or do they not care about other peoples' kids?

A couple of control freaks, this lot is.