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« on: November 22, 2016, 06:19:24 PM »
Sadly this isn't hypothetical.

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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2016, 06:21:54 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2016, 06:24:26 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2016, 06:25:19 PM »
Option 3.

I'm pro-choice, but I do find the idea of aborting children for having such disabilities disturbing.  I currently know some people with Down Syndrome.
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2016, 06:43:13 PM »
Shame on france, again.
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2016, 06:46:45 PM »
This is absolutely repulsive.
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2016, 06:48:01 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2016, 06:48:20 PM »
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Option 3, btw, though I want to stress that I don't want to be too harsh on women who aborted their children with Down: that must be an awful decision.
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2016, 06:59:09 PM »
Quote from: Soulless Golem on November 22, 2016, 06:48:20 PM


Option 3, btw, though I want to stress that I don't want to be too harsh on women who aborted their children with Down: that must be an awful decision.

It's great for those who have the courage to raise a child with Down's Syndrome but not everyone has it. And there are those who do far worse things to Down's syndrome than have them aborted. Some that are kept are castrated or have their anatomy surgically simplified so that they will never hit adolescence. This is so that they will be easy to care for and carry around as they age.
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2016, 07:20:30 PM »
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Quote from: Soulless Golem on November 22, 2016, 06:48:20 PM


Option 3, btw, though I want to stress that I don't want to be too harsh on women who aborted their children with Down: that must be an awful decision.

It's great for those who have the courage to raise a child with Down's Syndrome but not everyone has it. And there are those who do far worse things to Down's syndrome than have them aborted. Some that are kept are castrated or have their anatomy surgically simplified so that they will never hit adolescence. This is so that they will be easy to care for and carry around as they age.


Difference of opinion on whether that's worse than being aborted but yeah, people with Down Syndrome's trials and tribulations are far from over once they're born.

Disability issues are actually one of my biggest hobbyhorses but they don't come up on the forum enough for me to talk about them here a lot.
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2016, 07:22:34 PM »
WTF France?
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2016, 07:39:42 PM »
I don't have a problem with people deciding to get an abortion for this reason if they feel that is the best decision for them at the time, as terrible as it is. That said, this ruling in France is repulsive--people with Down's syndrome are people too.
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2016, 09:34:53 PM »
Stay terrible France.
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2016, 09:46:50 PM »
Quote from: Figueira on November 22, 2016, 07:39:42 PM
I don't have a problem with people deciding to get an abortion for this reason if they feel that is the best decision for them at the time, as terrible as it is. That said, this ruling in France is repulsive--people with Down's syndrome are people too.
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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2016, 10:52:49 PM »
Absolutely disgusting.
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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2016, 12:27:32 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2016, 04:47:28 PM »
While I'm utterly disgusted by the ruling, the fact that they had to censor it shows there's at least some awareness of the moral abhorrence of abortion and shunting the disabled off to the side.

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Option 3, btw, though I want to stress that I don't want to be too harsh on women who aborted their children with Down: that must be an awful decision.

It's great for those who have the courage to raise a child with Down's Syndrome but not everyone has it. And there are those who do far worse things to Down's syndrome than have them aborted. Some that are kept are castrated or have their anatomy surgically simplified so that they will never hit adolescence. This is so that they will be easy to care for and carry around as they age.


Difference of opinion on whether that's worse than being aborted but yeah, people with Down Syndrome's trials and tribulations are far from over once they're born.

Disability issues are actually one of my biggest hobbyhorses but they don't come up on the forum enough for me to talk about them here a lot.

Please post about this more.
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« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2016, 09:34:49 PM »
Of course not.

Quote from: Soulless Golem on November 22, 2016, 06:48:20 PM

Option 3, btw, though I want to stress that I don't want to be too harsh on women who aborted their children with Down: that must be an awful decision.

Agreed. While I'm pro-choice, I do believe however that it's inconsistent to believe in the fetus' right to live, but not in the case of Down Syndrome.
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« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2016, 10:07:36 AM »
But but tolerance!
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