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Re:Focus on Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms in Da... by huehehue on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:20PM (#14707940)
Jesus dude, that's a bit of a leap. We're not talking about people who might develop conditions, or people who choose to live their lives certain ways. As I understand it, the conversation's more about a hypothetical baby that will absolutely be born with a terrible disease that will grant nothing but a short and excruciating existence. There's real scientific reasoning behind that decision, not "oh the baby's probably gonna be a commie, get rid of it"
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Re:Focus on Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms in Da... by ad_hominem on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:38PM (#14707987)
> a terrible disease that will grant nothing but a short and excruciating existence

That's not a necessary qualification. For example, 90%+ of fetuses diagnosed with Down's syndrome are aborted, even though Down's is far from a death sentence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-q4OnBtNU

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Re:Focus on Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms in Da... by Rotonde on Thursday July 06, 2017 @08:07AM (#14709714)
The happy go lucky Down's people, however, are just what you see of them in media. That's a tiny fraction of the entire population with Down's, which consists of a range of horrible and crippling mental and physical disabilities, in addition to increased risk for diseases like early onset Alzheimers.

Giving a child a life like that feels cruel and heartless to me.

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