Posted on 03/10/2018 9:04:53 AM PST by EdnaMode
There is a new push in antiabortion circles to pass state laws aimed at barring women from terminating their pregnancies after the fetus has been determined to have Down syndrome. These laws are unconstitutional, unenforceable — and wrong.
This is a difficult subject to discuss because there are so many parents who have — and cherish — a child with Down syndrome. Many people with Down syndrome live happy and fulfilled lives. The new Gerber baby with Down syndrome is awfully cute.
I have had two children; I was old enough, when I became pregnant, that it made sense to do the testing for Down syndrome. Back then, it was amniocentesis, performed after 15 weeks; now, chorionic villus sampling can provide a conclusive determination as early as nine weeks. I can say without hesitation that, tragic as it would have felt and ghastly as a second-trimester abortion would have been, I would have terminated those pregnancies had the testing come back positive. I would have grieved the loss and moved on.
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One of the finest young people I know was born with DS. He has a heart of gold.
“Kill that baby! It’s INCONVENIENT!”
As the Down syndrome child has rights too, I proposed that if a woman desires to have an abortion the doctor flip a coin as to which one is executed the mother or the baby.
Hey, if it saves one child... Right?
How long until they say murdering anyone is OK if you don’t like them? It’s happened in plenty of other cultures, and it doesn’t just appear out of a vacuum.
Really, Jews praising abortion for "non perfect" kids is JUST WHAT THE NAZIS DID!! Only THEY didn't Kill their OWN CHILDREN!!
EVIL....it's EVIL what these KILLERS do!
If science discovers a gene for homosexuality - will women have that choice...
Read my tagline!
Just kill 'em.
That's what Stalin did with all those troublesome Ukrainians.
And Poles.
And Lithuanians.
And Cossacks.
And Germans.
And Tatars.
And Jews.
And Finns.
Just kill 'em.
The cut worm forgives the plow.
Drive your plough over the bones of the dead.
Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
From Blake's PROVERBS OF HELL
Is this your child?
I have respect for those who chose to raise children with Down Syndrome and other disabilities that will require life-long care (are any Down Syndrome persons ever able to live fully independently?).
I'm not sure it's something my wife or I could do. Fortunately, we were blessed with four healthy children so I won't pretend that my opinion means anything to those who weren't.
They are innocent, happy, lovely people.
Abortion might be an option if it were possible to identify the Democrat gene before birth. {sarc — of course}
In that hypothetical case, Congress would pass a law banning abortion on certain types of babies. In reality, studies done on identical twins all but proven that homosexuality is not genetic.
I’m Glad I didn’t.
Those murderous abortionists tried to tell me that my son in utero was 80% chance of having downs syndrome.
He’s 30yrs old now
Degree in Finance and Economics
Masters in Business Administration
Not so easy a thing to grieve the loss of your soul, move on, and still remain human.
Yep.
I thought this had been posted by Morganna.
Er, what’s the difference if you’re out of the womb and come down with a disease or ailment?
My Daughter was at risk and she said she would not have.
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