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nadine_mn

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42. Iceland has almost no babies born with Down's Syndrome

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 12:10 AM

Dec 2017

Because almost all of the women who are tested and told their fetus would be born with it chose to terminate, in Denmark 98% women who are told choose to terminate.

The US...66% of women when told choose.

There are degrees of how severe Down's Syndrome can be, not every child born with it is going to be able to live independent. I cannot imagine knowingly giving birth to a child who may need continuous care well into adulthood ... and not being able to provide it. Either for financial reasons or just due to my own health and age. I would not want to risk my future child's life on how good the social safety net may be.

One of the many reason I choose to be child free.

But this is about chipping away Roe...and holding up pictures of wonderful humans who were born with Down's Syndrome and saying "they want to murder these children". It is vile and disgusting.

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Ohio passes law barring abortion over Down syndrome diagnosis [View all] marybourg Dec 2017 OP

Ok so they are willing to pay the medical costs treestar Dec 2017 #1

I hope the ACLU decides to pursue litigation ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #2

Patently unconstitutional. Kasich and the rest of the COLGATE4 Dec 2017 #3

So the state is providing the medical funds necessary to provide any additional care needed... Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #4

And rich and middle class women will just go to another state and the poor will be ... Botany Dec 2017 #5

I assume they're simultaneously passing a bill promising 100% financial support, including full ecstatic Dec 2017 #6

Not just the financial support...but the care BoneyardDem Dec 2017 #29

Downs Syndrome people are many times colonized together in groups. It's all very tragic. The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #7

And the law makes no sense. LisaL Dec 2017 #10

Most likely this is the most often clinical reason cited for abortion. The whole thing is so The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #14

Presumably only because it's the most common. LisaL Dec 2017 #15

To the citizens of Ohio: You don't know what you're capable of gratuitous Dec 2017 #8

How can they single out a single condition for "protection" The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #9

And what is the logic behind being able to abort a normally developing fetus and not being able LisaL Dec 2017 #11

This point alone will sink the law. nt marybourg Dec 2017 #13

This is what their cult-like base was asking for; marybourg Dec 2017 #12

It is not about rational basis Maeve Dec 2017 #16

They would be glad to add the other congenital conditions. Ilsa Dec 2017 #20

I'm conflicted about this mythology Dec 2017 #17

That's why it's called pro-choice. LisaL Dec 2017 #18

That's what pro-choice means. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #22

But it's "abhorrent" to terminate such a pregnancy. Mariana Dec 2017 #34

Wife worked in a sheltered workshop..son was prenatally tested left and right dembotoz Dec 2017 #25

Friend works with developmentally disabled adults Freddie Dec 2017 #37

they see the realtiy and it sucks dembotoz Dec 2017 #45

And yet to others it seems to be the right thing to do . Families should be allowed choice . lunasun Dec 2017 #26

This will hurt the poor FreeState Dec 2017 #19

So Democrats should get a vote on another section added to the law .... SFnomad Dec 2017 #39

We have a much smaller population of people with Down's Syndrome now because CTyankee Dec 2017 #21

I've seen this first hand with the Catholics. They are treated like heroes at first. Then later on The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #24

Yes, I really felt sad for them. And yet, for many they thought their child with Down's CTyankee Dec 2017 #28

Curious, did they actually admit that they were angry ecstatic Dec 2017 #31

no. It came out in sudden expressions of utter disdain for those who abort. CTyankee Dec 2017 #44

So what happens when those fetuses are born to women or families who have absolutely no smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #23

They don't care. Not thier problem, they just care about making the rules. lunasun Dec 2017 #27

AND they want to get rid of pre-existing condition protections. ecstatic Dec 2017 #32

Just another wedge to hammer into rights of women. There's a woman in my neighborhood ... Hekate Dec 2017 #30

And a bus ticket to Chicago or Pittsburgh costs how much? jmowreader Dec 2017 #33

Pennsylvania has a mandatory counseling and 24-hour waiting period. uppityperson Dec 2017 #35

This makes an abortion a three or four day proposition jmowreader Dec 2017 #40

Except for chipping away at Roe v Wade and women's autonomy, this makes no sense. uppityperson Dec 2017 #36

You figured it out quick jmowreader Dec 2017 #41

with no funding for md needs or therapy. fuck fetus humpers. pansypoo53219 Dec 2017 #38

Iceland has almost no babies born with Down's Syndrome nadine_mn Dec 2017 #42

Down Syndrome occurs on a spectrum Nonhlanhla Dec 2017 #43