*Do bad thing.*
*Announce to the entire planet you just did that bad thing.*
*The entire planet goes WOW THAT WAS A BAD THING.*
*Announce you are being victimized by the entire planet. Cry.*
People with Down Syndrome are human beings. They are, as such, bearers of profound, inherent, and equal dignity and the right to life. To target them for extermination on the basis of their condition is as wicked as targeting people on account of their race, sex, or ethnicity.
@sugabelly You can sure your kids are healthy
(can meet their needs as best you can)
but you can't make sure your kids are healthy
(eliminate kids that don't meet health standards)
@dilanesper It's always wrong to kill an innocent human.
It's even worse to kill an innocent human that can feel pain, and has a greater awareness of its environment, that has heard its parents voices.
There's a base level of harm upon which addition harms are levied
@lausdne@The1WhoKnows7@Ilerioluwakiye_ Whether the his genes weren't good (eu) enough for you personally or good enough for your country, proactively killing one with those genes that are deemed sub-par is definitionally eugenics.
In a world that destroys children with Down syndrome, listen to this brave girl:
“You can try to kill off everyone with Down syndrome by using abortion, but you won’t be any closer to a perfect society. You will just be closer to a cruel, heartless one."
Charlotte Helene Fien speaks before the United Nations
@ASFleischman Living humans are any stage have infinitely more value than hypothetical humans that do not exist.
You are making a thanos-esk calculation
@seashells9196@JohnJSSoriano Have empathy for all the kids and adults with DS who are constantly told that it's reasonable to view their lives as disposable or optional
#dontscreenusout
To anyone reading this who might be facing a similar crossroads, meet my son Josh.
Josh is 3 and has Down Syndrome, the very condition shared about here in this post. We received a prenatal diagnosis at roughly 10 weeks. Some of the complications we feared happened, but that wasn't the end of the story. Josh was born early and spent a month in the hospital. At 1 year old, he had open-heart surgery. Now he's 3, loves life, and is thriving. The hard days didn't win.
If anyone else finds themselves in a similar place, reach out. There's a whole community of people here to support you. It hasn't always been easy, but he's worth every bit of it and then some.