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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here: ^^ great. Please go away. You have no idea what you are talking about. [/quote]

Really?  How can you be so sure?  I actually do both have experience with this and believe kids with Ds have real potential and as much a right to be here as anyone else. I am also pro-choice.

But nice try making lots of assumptions about me.[/quote]

But PP, that is YOUR experience and it's not everyone else's. That's where you are all so closed minded. Because in your world it works out great doesn't mean that it works out wonderful for everyone else. Just please have the mental capacity to understand it's not the same experience for everyone. [/quote]

I am close minded to say that people should consider that their assumptions about life with a person with Down syndrome may be incorrect before terminating? I'm not opposed to abortion but lots of people make that choice without really knowing all that much about what Ds means for real families. Termination is permanent. Maybe people on here educate themselves before making those decisions (although there is alot of misinformation being perpetuated on this thread) but everyone certainly does not. The reality is that many people are afraid of people with intellectual disabilities and don't value their lives as much as they do others and fear pushes people to terminate.

Why don't you just please have the mental capacity to understand that the lives of those with Ds, not just "cute" children, actually do have value, despite the fact that there may be challenges and that many people don't even know that much about the disability before they end their kid's life.[/quote]

I actually don't disagree with you on your point that disabled children and adults have value. I have much respect for a family that decides to have their baby despite the knowledge of this baby having a mental disability. What you need to understand is people will see this challenge differently and may not have to offer what a child like this truly deserves. Throw in how ugly and disgusting this world can towards the disabled. Again, while you may have the resources to take on all the challenges, many of us wouldn't and don't. So it's not your place to judge who thinks what and what they decide to do. You are talking about other people's lives. Who are you to know what the best thing for someone's life is? I have worked with disabled children and adults. Some of them do nothing but suffer all day long. To me that's just cruel. [/quote]

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