Dawkins sparks outrage for saying Down Syndrome babies should be aborted

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Why knowingly bring forth into this world a child who will never be an adult? a child who will always require care by other people? A child which will always be a burden? A child which will have no independence, no freedom?
The moral choice should be the choice which brings the best for society... so I'd say Dawkins seems right, here...

One of my first jobs was at a shitty fast-food joint. I had a co-worker named Doug who was DS, high-functioning, and could do most any job in the store. He was a genuinely funny and good guy. I've run into him again from time to time, and as the years have passed he's gotten some independence (had his own apartment the last I saw him).

He taught me a hell of a lot about my own prejudices, and how I could be a more thoughtful person.

I don't think a person's worth boils down to such bald economic terms, myself.

Are all DS people that "high-functioning"?
Are the majority?

Are you, as a prospective parent, willing to have a child like that?
If yes, then, by all means... no one is keeping you from it.
If no, then no one is making you have that child.