Adoption of mentally impaired babies

[Catholic_Lady]

Wow, that's a little harsh. As I said above, I would actually think it would be big of them to go through the sacrifice of pregnancy and childbirth (without a baby to look forward to) for the sake of giving their son/daughter the best life possible. 

To each their own though.

Harsh? I think you should reserve that for the assholes intentionally bringing an unwanted child into the world. The best possible life would be for the parents with means to raise the child. It's the abject selfishness here that I find disgusting. Not much difference in my opinion from the Spartans rejecting undesirable children. The Spartans may have been less civilized about it, but it's the same thing. Far different from those mothers agonizing over giving up a child for the lack of means to raise it. These people disgust me.

I guess I don't see how it is selfish to go through a pregnancy (which is not easy) when you won't get anything out of it, so that you can give your mentally impaired child life and loving parents who are well equipped to take good care of him/her. I think having the child killed would be much more selfish.

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Anyway, I think I'm going to leave this thread. This was supposed to be about whether you think the scenario presented is or is not moral, and why. I wasn't really wanting to hear people say (or deliberately hint) that the handicapped baby should be aborted. Hits a bit too close to home, to be honest.