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    1. Richard Dawkins‏Verified account @RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014

      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.

      61 replies 184 retweets 124 likes
    2. Aidan McCourt‏ @AidanMcCourt 20 Aug 2014
      Replying to @RichardDawkins

      @RichardDawkins 994 human beings with Down's Syndrome deliberately killed before birth in England and Wales in 2012. Is that civilised?

      16 replies 12 retweets 19 likes
    3. Richard Dawkins‏Verified account @RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014
      Replying to @AidanMcCourt

      .@AidanMcCourt Yes, it is very civilised. These are fetuses, diagnosed before they have human feelings.

      89 replies 28 retweets 150 likes
    4. InYourFaceNewYorker‏ @InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014
      Replying to @RichardDawkins

      @RichardDawkins @AidanMcCourt I honestly don't know what I would do if I were pregnant with a kid with Down Syndrome. Real ethical dilemma.

      14 replies 16 retweets 8 likes
      Richard Dawkins‏Verified account @RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014
      Replying to @InYourFaceNYer

      @InYourFaceNYer Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.

      7:53 AM - 20 Aug 2014
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        2. Döᵣₜₑ Fₐₐₜz  🇪🇺 🇩🇪‏ @I_Love_Atheism 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @RichardDawkins

          @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer Try again and bring a little Adolf into the world? DS people never do any harm to anybody.

          6 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
        3. Richard Dawkins‏Verified account @RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @I_Love_Atheism

          @Bitch2410 I read a short story about that. How Hitler's mother almost had an abortion! I think it was by Roald Dahl.

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        2. InYourFaceNewYorker‏ @InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @RichardDawkins

          @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.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Leticia Velasquez‏ @CauseofourJoy 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @InYourFaceNYer

          @InYourFaceNYer @RichardDawkins A good argument that some life is 'life unworthy of life'? Really?

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        2. Kerry Hood (she/her)‏ @kerryhood 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @RichardDawkins

          @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

          4 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
        3. InYourFaceNewYorker‏ @InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @kerryhood

          @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)

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        2. Atheos‏ @markstilwellUK 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @RichardDawkins

          @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer If we have a legal choice in abortion why can't we apply the same logic to assisted suicide ,terminally ill

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        3. InYourFaceNewYorker‏ @InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @markstilwellUK

          @markstilwellUK @RichardDawkins It's disgraceful that euthanasia is illegal. Warehousing people in nursing homes. Life for the sake of life.

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        2. Matt Kane‏ @ascorbic 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @RichardDawkins

          @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer Have you ever met someone with Downs Syndrome? See if you still think they’d’ve been better off never born.

          2 replies 7 retweets 14 likes
        3. InYourFaceNewYorker‏ @InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014
          Replying to @ascorbic

          @ascorbic @RichardDawkins No, because once they're there it is cruel to think that way. But that's confirmation bias.

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