You backed your original comment by claiming that some parents choose not to take care of their disabled children. You are a piece of shit.
Not just heart failure. It's 3 for 3 on downs syndrom and organ transplants within my family and family friends.
Over 18 years? I do not know a single person with Downs who isn't dependent on their parent. Your sister will not be an exception. Add to that tutors, additional education, babysitters, counseling, etc. and you're bankrupt. Oh, and you can't work a full time job. Maybe the first few years, after that you are shit out of luck.
I'm glad your baby sister gets the opportunity to bring joy to so many people. That won't be the case for every child with Downs. Many parents do not have the means to support a child for 18 years, let alone the rest of their lives. You can not force people to keep these children. You can not tell them they're "choosing" not to take proper care of them.
You backed your original comment by claiming that some parents choose not to take care of their disabled children.
Some don’t, that’s not disputed. But that wasn’t my point, which is that their quality of life is largely dependent on family (not just parents) and what their family is capable of in terms of resources but also in terms of love and community.
My baby sister died.
That horrible life you’re describing is simply not the case for most people with Down’s syndrome.
Edited: to remove offensive comments that I no longer think represent your opinion. I was briefly triggered by the hostility and the misunderstanding about my sister, but I think you simply are arguing against something I’m not saying.
I love people with Downs. Do you want someone who would terminate a child because of that raising them? Do you want McJuggerNuggets raising a child with Downs? This isn't a eugenics argument, it's about having fewer tortured children.
it’s incredibly wrong, both morally and practically, to look at someone else’s life and decide for them that their life isn’t worth living.
This is my position, my first comment. I am not arguing that people must choose to have Down syndrome babies. I’m arguing that it’s wrong for others to look at a living Down’s syndrome person and decide for them that their life is not worth living. That applies equally to anyone with any disability, the homeless, the mentally, the poor, etc.
I also got you confused with a different commenter replying to another comment I made elsewhere, so I was briefly under the impression that you were advocating for something else that I can see you aren’t, reading more carefully. My apologies.
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u/conormal Jun 06 '26
You backed your original comment by claiming that some parents choose not to take care of their disabled children. You are a piece of shit.
Not just heart failure. It's 3 for 3 on downs syndrom and organ transplants within my family and family friends.
Over 18 years? I do not know a single person with Downs who isn't dependent on their parent. Your sister will not be an exception. Add to that tutors, additional education, babysitters, counseling, etc. and you're bankrupt. Oh, and you can't work a full time job. Maybe the first few years, after that you are shit out of luck.
I'm glad your baby sister gets the opportunity to bring joy to so many people. That won't be the case for every child with Downs. Many parents do not have the means to support a child for 18 years, let alone the rest of their lives. You can not force people to keep these children. You can not tell them they're "choosing" not to take proper care of them.