Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Politics: Abortion and Downs

It appears that Dr. Cox really is a superhero. Here's a quote of his from a K-Lo article on NRO:
"[W]hen you have a child who was born with special needs, it's very confusing and disconcerting and you really don't know which end is up and you feel like you're from Mars and you did something wrong. It turns out that God blessed you with a really special package."
The K-Lo article itself is typical K-Lo. I agree with them but never find them extraordinarily illuminating. Nevertheless, her article is a rather handy reference for the earlier articles about abortion and Downs from the Washington Post. The elimination of Downs really is quite astounding and brings up important questions for the Pro-Choice movement, I feel. Abortion rights supporters might not be overly concerned with the end of Downs, but what if homosexuality is found to be both inborn and testable in the womb? Suddenly the abortion issue grows considerably more murky. K-Lo's conclusion is, perhaps, pertinent:
McGinley's son, Bauer's daughter — they are special packages for not just their parents, but for our culture. Their lives have the potential to save us from a Brave New Future that's not so much a brave world as it is a tragic assembly line, different need not apply.
A side note, why does Maria Eftimiades never even consider adoption?

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