Dawkins sparks outrage for saying Down Syndrome babies should be aborted

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I think your emotions are getting in the way of you thinking clearly on this matter. A law requiring the abortion of all fetuses shown to have Down's Syndrome would amount to Social Darwinism; individual decisions made by pregnant women do not.

Social Darwinism/laissez-faire are categorised by a lack of laws. So opposing laws for greater assistance and care for the disabled could be an example.

On the second point you've drawn a straw man - I didn't say anything about the individual decisions, I was criticising Dawkins and his view that all [at-risk of] Down's Syndrome foetuses should be aborted. Unless you are making such a statement in a context where you are clearly distinguishing it from the treatment of Down's Syndrome people in society then you are perpetuating the view that the disabled at large are a drain on society and not worthy of being supported by the public purse. In actual fact it can be demonstrated that having disabled people in the community is not an overall drain on resources/negative thing for society.

What is however negative is excluding people because of the perceived value that a person puts on them.