This is simply disgusting - two different couples from the State of Victoria, Australia, are suing doctors for failing to diagnose down-syndrome in their child whilst still inside the womb. The couples both said that they would have aborted their pregnancy had they known of such birth-defects in their children.
Read the article here, and my response to it below.
The only thing I can see worse than an abortion is those wanting an abortion because their child will not be born so-called "normal". This is disgusting. How do you think the poor children would feel to one day learn of how they weren't wanted by their parents simply because of reasons beyond their control?
The parents claim to still love their children, but if this is so, why the need to sue? It is a world gone mad where people now have the ability to shift blame and sue for such stupid reasons, the main one of these reasons being greed of money and greed of wanting "normal kids".
Thank-God that these laws don't apply in certain states, such as NSW. Shame on the parents I say, and shame on the government for such little help given to many who are, or who care for, people with disabilities. If more support was offered to such people, perhaps they wouldn't think of aborting a child who will have life-long problems.
If they still wanted to sue even if our governments were more caring, then that is simple greed. Abortion must be made illegal. Sex is made for making children, not a mere physical union for a bit of fun. Even when precaution is taken in the way of condoms and/or the pill, pregnancy is still a risk of such behaviour, and always will be, simply because the point of such closeness is to create another being!
To hell with abortion - it should be outlawed and given the new name of infanticide.
It is indeed infanticide. I listened to a Catholic philosopher tell about having a debate with a pro-abortion feminist. He said he asked her to give one argument for abortion that does not also justify infanticide... and she couldn't come up with a single one! (Sadly, she then said that she had decided to believe in infanticide!) How in the world so many western countries have come to embrace these perverted value systems are absolutely beyond me.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't believe those parents you talked about actually claimed that they loved their children--yet they wanted to abort them and are suing the doctors??? God help us. I pray such laws never come to the U.S., though I fear they might.
Evan
You are so right to be concerned for the children. The babies should be taken away from the people and given to somebody who will love them as they deserve. One thing I admire about Sarah Palin is her absolutely unconditional love for her Downs syndrome baby. That child has an entire extended family that dotes on him. This is the true meaning of "pro-life". How selfish can people be, and how greedy?
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