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

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212. I will try again

It doesn't seem that complicated to me, so I guess I am not doing a good job explaining it.

Here is the distinction.

1. What a woman decides to do with her own body is none of my business.

2. When someone makes public statements that a group of people, because of a disability, are inferior and have nothing to contribute and so it would be immoral to allow them to be born, it is my business. It is a statement of prejudice.

So, if that woman from statement one went around saying that individuals with Down Syndrome were inferior because of their disability, yes, I would think that they were repugnant. It would have nothing to do with whether they had an abortion or not, it would be because they are spreading around their prejudice.

I'll give another example, let's say someone decided not to adopt a child because the child was black. That would be none of my business. If they went around saying that no one should adopt a child that is black because black children are less likely to graduate high school and more likely to be arrested, then I'd have a big problem with it.

ETA that is not a direct example of course, I'm trying to say that the point is the prejudice. I am not trying to equate race with differences of ability.