All of that is valid critique.
I apologise for any offence caused; it was not my intention. When I posted, I was not thinking about the current legislation. Instead, I was responding to two particular points that I’m a bit sensitive about in the current environment.
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The eugenics concerns of the disability community are valid. Although they are often disingenuously coopted by the forced-birth movement, there is a legitimate fear underlying that.
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Disability is not disease.
That is really all I wanted to say. Again, I apologise for the misjudgement.
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I’m going to close this until I can review it properly. It’s late here now. Will do tomorrow.
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Thanks. I was able to review the flags. I think things are back to being civil again.
I’ll just weigh in here - my neighbor is anti-abortion. Her newborn has Downs. When she learned that he would most likely be born with Down’s, it was really hard for her and her husband to come to terms with the news. They were upset to learn that 80% of people who learn about Downs during a pregnancy choose to terminate.
I am glad that children who need extra attention are not being born to families that do not feel they can care for them. However, I do see another viewpoint on this issue.
To me, a lot of the issues around abortion come down to the total lack of support that we have in this country to raise our families. How many people might choose to keep their children if there were child care, proper facilities and help for the disabled, if all of the burden of raising children didn’t come down on moms to cope with all by themselves? If we had adequate healthcare?
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No problem. It’s a hard subject. My husband has worked pretty extensively with abused women, and the foster care system, and we’ve had the discussion about what we’d do in case of disabilities. And there’s no good answer right now, because we can’t afford to care for a special needs kid (because of issues @MarjaE and @ChickieD highlight with cutting resources for that), but foster care in the US is … not good for most of the kids in it. There’s just no winning. Unless you’re rich, I guess.
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I still don’t get how “pro-lifers” don’t march against war, or the death penalty, or murder of people who’ve already been born.
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It’s not about preserving human life, it’s about absolute male human control over female human life.
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