Posted on 07/22/2007 11:07:44 AM PDT by monomaniac
Pending Legislation Could Save Down Syndrome Babies
This week, Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., introduced the Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act.
The legislation would provide families who receive a diagnosis of Down syndrome or any other condition with up-to-date information about the condition and support services.
Dawn Vargo, associate bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said: "It's important to have life-affirming policies that will encourage families to give birth to children with an adverse diagnosis."
I saw a bus load of severely handicapped people being escorted to the polling station I attend during the last election, some 30 of them in line waiting to cast their ballots and being helped through the selection process inside the voting booths by their attendants. I could never figure out what to make of that, were their votes totally random?
You seem to be assuming that, because a person has severe physical limitations, he or she is incapable of rational thought.
That’s rather rude, don’t you think?
>....were their votes totally random?<
I doubt it. Sounds like typical well organized DINOcrap ballot box stuffing to me.
Ummm...
Rude?
I guess you have a point, I hear where lots of dead people vote in some cities. They too may still be capable of rational thought.
I know a man who had a stroke at 40 and is severely handicapped. Almost unintelligible when he speaks, but still knows how to type and communicate via a keyboard. It was painful to watch.
One of the first eugenic programs the Nazi’s had was to start eliminating the “mentally feeble.” They brought in trucks put them in the backs, sealed them up and ran exhaust until the “feeble” died of CO poisoning.
Perhaps Senator Kennedy is doing this with his institutionalized sister in mind. (It was in southern WI, run by tight lipped nuns. I drove by the place once.) What he should really do is return to his original position that abortion is just plain wrong.
I didn’t see anything in the gentleman’s post to indicate that the people he mentioned had Down’s Syndrome.
Aside from that, it’s certainly true that mentally handicapped people, if allowed to vote, might not make well-informed or fully rational choices. This sets them apart from other voters ... how?
I guess a person needs to think through what a democracy is or should be.
I see where numerous Mexicans are encouraged to vote in California where citizenship is not necessarily a requirement, and proof of citizenship is definitely not. Those people should be adequately represented when it comes to educating their children, don’t you think?
In many ways unfortunately, hence their need for care.
How?
I will grant you that point, perhaps democracy will fail because people don’t have the time, resources, abilities or in most cases the desire to make it run right.
What in the world were the founding fathers thinking?
That was a rhetorical question, considering the number of people who voted for John Kerry and Al Gore.
Ya' mean to say that Congress is going to get serious and promote legislation to thwart another attack on us?
Of course I'm not without liberal compassion for I support the survival of Down Syndrome babies too.
My pleasure chatting with you.
I don’t know what prompted that first comment, I was thinking of two others, one where some Democrat referred to Republicans as the extra chromosome crowd and one where I wouldn’t mind if Steven Hawkings voted.
There is always a variance between what is ethical and what is legal.
You have a lovely home page.
Cheers.
Thank you for responding. I was genuinely confused about the relevance of voting issues to the survival of babies with Down’s Syndrome.
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