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People with Down's Syndrome tend to have strengths that other 'normal', 'non-disabled' people don't tend to have as well as tending to the obvious weaknesses
Care to elaborate? I assume you've got something more in mind than the old "oh they're so happy, loving, demonstrative" bollocks that used to get rolled out.
What's more, this is the world you're saying parents must bring disabled kids into, if they find out after 24 weeks.
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Heidi Crowter has unfortunately lost her appeal, too.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/25/heidi-crowter-woman-downs-syndrome-loses-court-of-appeal-abortion-law-case
It's not unexpected, but I think the law is wrong here. I also think Down's Syndrome will in the future be at the forefront of understanding better what it means to be human. People with Down's Syndrome tend to have strengths that other 'normal', 'non-disabled' people don't tend to have as well as tending to the obvious weaknesses, and I think it's essential to form society from all the strengths. (I use the idea of 'tending towards' something to avoid undue generalisations, as obviously Down's Syndrome manifests itself differently in different people, as do other conditions.)
While there are many valid medical indications for abortion, I disagree that Down's Syndrome should be allowed to be one of them, and I also worry about it being a slippery slope.