RE: Ohio bans doctors from performing Down Syndrome abortions
December 24, 2017 at 10:20 am
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2017 at 10:31 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
(December 23, 2017 at 1:51 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 23, 2017 at 1:37 am)Astreja Wrote: Even when I was of childbearing age I had neither the desire nor the patience to raise a handicapped child. You are at liberty to call this selfishness; it is, however, the unvarnished truth and I make no apologies for it. If I had been compelled by the state to give birth to a child that I knew was afflicted by an incurable condition, I would immediately give that child up for adoption so that the state would be forced to foot the bill for raising the child.
What if your child suffered a debilitating life long injury at some point after they were already born? Would you say you'd turn them over to the state then too?
With that being said, there are adoption agencies specifically for special needs babies. There are many people out there wanting to adopt them. Contrary to popular belief, disabled people are not worthless or unwanted.
The difference is that unlike a fetus, a child is conscious and intelligent.
Having a baby is as selfish as aborting a fetus. Both are done to improve one's own life.
