Richard Dawkins
Ireland is a civilised country except in this 1 area: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119147/ireland-abortion-case-reveals-draconian-horror-catholic-law … You'd think the Roman Church would have lost all influence.
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@RichardDawkins@AidanMcCourt I honestly don't know what I would do if I were pregnant with a kid with Down Syndrome. Real ethical dilemma.
Aidan McCourt
InYourFaceNewYorker
@InYourFaceNYer Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.
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@RichardDawkins There is a good argument for that. But not all kids with DS are profoundly disabled. Some can live on their own as adults. -
@RichardDawkins@InYourFaceNYer I don't agree with that. key is that you have a choice. No one tells you that you should or shouldn't abort -
@kerryhood@RichardDawkins I don't think he was ordering me to do so should the situation come up (it won't b/c I don't plan on having kids) -
@InYourFaceNYer@RichardDawkins sorry I was picking up on the suggestion it is immoral to bring a child into the world with a disability. -
@InYourFaceNYer@RichardDawkins many people with disabilities make valuable contributions to our society and us as individuals -
@kerryhood@RichardDawkins It is an interesting dilemma. What about people on the autism spectrum (which I am)? Where would u draw the line? -
@kerryhood@RichardDawkins This is true, which is why there are no easy answers. Many great scientists, filmmakers etc. have/had autism. -
@kerryhood@RichardDawkins I think the question is what qualifies as a disability. Is autism a disability, or simply a different trajectory? -
@kerryhood@RichardDawkins And the question is HOW disabled does the kid have to be before it is deemed immoral to bring it into the world? -
@RichardDawkins@InYourFaceNYer Try again and bring a little Adolf into the world? DS people never do any harm to anybody. -
@InYourFaceNYer@RichardDawkins personally I think that any suggestion at a society level that we screen who should be born is unacceptable -
@InYourFaceNYer People on that spectrum have a great deal to contribute, Maybe even an enhanced ability in some respects. DS not enhanced. -
@RichardDawkins@InYourFaceNYer If we have a legal choice in abortion why can't we apply the same logic to assisted suicide ,terminally ill -
@RichardDawkins This is true. I have a feeling this dialog is going to explode. ;) This would be better for a blog post! :) -
@Bitch2410@RichardDawkins Isn't that a strawman argument?
Kerry Hood
Dörte Faatz
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