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re: Aborting children with down syndrome, would you do it?
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:35 pm to TigernMS12
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:35 pm to TigernMS12
Yep. Lots of conservative cucklords in here.
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:35 pm to TigernMS12
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I don't understand why anyone would want to have a child that would never be anything more than a burden and give nothing back to society.
you just described like 80% of kids born today
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:36 pm to AUCE05
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Sorry you are against freedom, and people making their own choices in America.
Well except the ones who get aborted, right?
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:36 pm to mailman
Yes, in a heartbeat. It's not fair to anyone involved. If something happens to my wife and I, the child could not grow to take care of itself. To me, that's the biggest issue.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:36 pm to AUCE05
Sorry you're against children having the right to experience LIFE, even if it's inconvenient for you bc they're not "normal". frick your convenience.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:36 pm to slackster
And to answer the OP, I don't know about Down Syndrome. That is a tough one.
But for other, much worse abnormalities/syndromes/defects, that would give the child a terrible quality of life, yes, I think my wife and I would choose to have an abortion.
But for other, much worse abnormalities/syndromes/defects, that would give the child a terrible quality of life, yes, I think my wife and I would choose to have an abortion.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:36 pm to Melvin
Well there are numerous other medical conditions that a child can have that are also expensive.
And...there are many fully functioning adults with DS. The DS spectrum is very wide...some people are more functioning than others. And you can't know that...with bloodwork of the fetus.
There is a tv show on A&E called Born This Way....it's a reality show about a bunch of DS adults and how they are living their lives. I haven't watched it yet but it's on my list. I would encourage anyone that thinks people with DS are doomed to watch this show.
Also...watch this video...do you think every one of these people should have been aborted because they have DS?
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And...there are many fully functioning adults with DS. The DS spectrum is very wide...some people are more functioning than others. And you can't know that...with bloodwork of the fetus.
There is a tv show on A&E called Born This Way....it's a reality show about a bunch of DS adults and how they are living their lives. I haven't watched it yet but it's on my list. I would encourage anyone that thinks people with DS are doomed to watch this show.
Also...watch this video...do you think every one of these people should have been aborted because they have DS?
LINK
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to Salmon
How so?
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to mailman
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Aborting children with down syndrome, would you do it?
And possibly kill a twenty one time gold medal winner? Nah.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to Salmon
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you just described like 80% of kids born today
You have a point. At least with a normal child though there is that 20% chance.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to lsupride87
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Who says he doesnt do it and is so moved he says I will not put that burden on a child of mine?
Are you suggesting people with down syndrome think they're a burden?
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to Darth_Vader
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We do an annual event at a local center for people with disabilities. I reccomend you find such a place near you and go attend any public events they hold and meet some of the amazing people there. I think you'll come away from the experience a changed man with a new outlook on a lot of things.
Yeah. If you go to the public events you will encounter the high functioning healthy disabled people.
Try some medical wards or nursing homes where you have someone who is 40 years old with Alzheimer's and a feeding tube and has never learned to toilet and can't speak.
Maybe some people would say that's a fluffy bunny happy scene but I'm not the one who is going to tell the parents that they are going to force them to have a child if they don't want to.
A weekend at a disabled fair is nothing compared to a 70 year old woman changing the diapers of a 250 pound 45 year old daughter with Down syndrome. And that's a real story.
They sadly probably didn't make it to your awesome little fair.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to slackster
absolutely, but I would probably abort a healthy baby too. and I wouldn't have much of a say, my wife would and she would absolutely abort anything.
i have friends that have disabled kids. None with downs but I know one with severe autism, and another with a chromosonal disorder and another with cerebral palsy.
while they love the kids, its taken a toll on their life.
eta: I have been with my wife 22 years and she hasn't gotten pregnant yet, and I had a snip snip. so no chance she does and I am the father.
i have friends that have disabled kids. None with downs but I know one with severe autism, and another with a chromosonal disorder and another with cerebral palsy.
while they love the kids, its taken a toll on their life.
eta: I have been with my wife 22 years and she hasn't gotten pregnant yet, and I had a snip snip. so no chance she does and I am the father.
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to LucasP
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And possibly kill a twenty one time gold medal winner? Nah.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:37 pm to lsupride87
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Who says he doesnt already do that? Who says he doesnt do it and is so moved he says I will not put that burden on a child of mine?
Because if you can be around kids with Down syndrome enough to know anything about them and you still think they and the world would be better off if they never existed, you're on a Himmler level of evil.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:38 pm to Salmon
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and if the child is born normal and then get a disease? in an accident?
we just put them down as well?
In some countries, yes. In extreme medical cases, not necessarily just an accident.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:38 pm to LucasP
quote:I laughed. But honestly, my wife who is a newborn nurse said 100% Phelps has marfan syndrome. Which is actually something that would show up on an early genetic blood test.
And possibly kill a twenty one time gold medal winner? Nah.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:39 pm to TheCaterpillar
I'm Catholic and I believe in obeying the law and giving every heartbeat a fighting chance. If that makes me a nut then so be it.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:39 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
Nobody likes you baw.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 2:39 pm to Hawkeye95
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while they love the kids, its taken a toll on their life.
For a board that is obsessed with personal accountability, apparently that doesn't apply to the "inconvenience" of children.
If you cannot handle all of the different consequences of unprotected sex, then perhaps it isn't for you.
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