Richard Dawkins: bigoted against those with Down's syndrome?

[moriah]

170. If you think it's an *easy* choice, you've not had one.

I have. I won't go into my reasons -- because they don't matter. What does matter is that I made that choice, and fortunately there were no impediments to my getting the medical care I chose and no one pushing me into a decision either way. Which is how it should be.

No, it's not an easy choice, even when can you look back 10+ years later without regret and know it was the right decision for an unplanned pregnancy.

And don't forget, the vast majority of abortions carried out due to fetal abnormalities are of wanted children -- their parents may have done ovulation prediction kits, etc, trying desperately to get pregnant, perhaps for years before they finally succeeded. Then they find out the news that this baby they tried so hard to make may never be able to have their own children, may not be able to go to school, may not even be able to survive 24 hours after birth. If you think that's not "awful", whichever decision the mother ends up making, you have no compassion at all.