Posted on 07/22/2022 10:13:45 AM PDT by Morgana
In June, when the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, it was personal for me. As a man, I am not able to give birth, but as a person with a disability — I like to say a difference — and who is currently using in vitro fertilization to prevent passing my condition on to my children, my rights are under attack, too. The fight for abortion rights is my fight, too.
I was born with a medical condition called velocardiofacial syndrome. It is a partial deletion of Chromosome 22. The scientific name for VCFS is 22q11.2 deletion, and one in every 2,000 people has it. Most cases are not hereditary; however, there is a 50 percent chance that any child I have will be born with this syndrome.
I am now 40 years old. My wife and I are trying to have a baby. We have been through IVF twice with no success. We will be trying again. The reason we are trying IVF is because we do not want to bring a child into this world who has my syndrome.
Many fear IVF will be the next front in the abortion debate. But the possibility that IVF could become illegal is not the only reason I’m writing this. In fact, people with disabilities will be among those worst affected by abortion bans exactly because many of these people don’t have the resources to use IVF like I do — and for many of them, abortion is now illegal.
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Politico is unhinged.
He's a transphobe.
Where did they find this guy?
“I don’t know what to say.”
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I do.
What the writer doesn’t realize is that after the Left makes abortions legal, and forced abortion of those with “genetic defects” mandatory, they will be coming after those like him to “reduce the burdens to society”.
I think he wants to create a whole bunch of babies in a laboratory environment, sort through them while they are at the zygote stage, and kill the ones who are “genetically defective”.
He can get his vas deferens clipped and for a few days take pain killers and keep frozen peas in his pants. Then after that he doesn’t have to worry about passing on his genes when he takes off his jeans.
Proof that there are just some people in this world who should not be allowed to procreate?
I have a genetic condition as well. It’s called spina bifida. If abortion had been legal when I was conceived, its very likely I would have been aborted. I thank God it was not.
“What the writer doesn’t realize is that after the Left makes abortions legal, and forced abortion of those with “genetic defects” mandatory, they will be coming after those like him to “reduce the burdens to society”.”
In that case I do know what to say:
Lebensunwertes Leben
My best friends nephew has spina bifida and hes UNBELIEVABLE!!! He scales MOUNTAINS!!!
So he knows he has a “genetic condition” but still attempts to pro-create? But if he could kill a child because of the assumption of passing on this “flawed gene” then he’d be happier?
Who comes up with this twisted evil crap?
I think he wants to create a whole bunch of babies in a laboratory environment, sort through them while they are at the zygote stage, and kill the ones who are “genetically defective”.
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The sci-fi movie “Gattaca” is a great exploration of a near-future world where they do exactly that. It shows a world of genetically selected individuals and the outcast in-valids, who are born naturally without genetic selection.
What kind of sick person thinks this way?
What are they going to do with the child after it is born if it develops some sort of defect?
Never mind, I think I know.
The human race depresses me some days.
I’ve scaled mountains as well. The highest being Longs Peak, 14,259 feet. It cost me, though. Lumbar laminectomy L4/L5. :)
Has this man and his wife ever heard of ADOPTION? I feel sorry for any future children this couple may have. Dad is dumb as dirt and wimpy as hell!
Normal people view/read dystopian Sci-Fi as a warning. For Leftists, it’s an instruction set.
I read several online articles describing his condition. Low intelligence and a strong tendency toward schizophrenia are both symptoms.
He is the son of Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn of WaPo fame.
It's always fun to ask a leftist for their financial calculations of projected savings through eugenics in the original Reichsmarks.
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