Comments on: Indiana to address prenatal prejudice against Down syndrome

By: NYC Parent

NYC Parent — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:11:00 +0000

Sometimes, a Down syndrome pregnancy is an unwanted pregnancy. Sometimes, a pregnancy without a dx is an unwanted pregnancy. This bill specifically says, an otherwise wanted pregnancy. We need to combine our efforts to increase support for people living in the US with disabilities and educate people about Ds in an effort to dispel misinformation and stereotypes. Not waste time on bills like this. How do you enforce this? Do you make people double-dog swear they aren’t aborting because of Ds? It will simply change the reason given for the abortion, it will not actually prevent people from aborting.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:19:00 +0000

The ban is not about an unwanted pregnancy, but discrimination towards those with a disability. It is a human rights and needs to be a civil rights issue here in the US. Your first and last sentence conflict with your complaints about the topic YOU think we should be discussing and that I ventured away from.. Either your talking about disability discrimination abortions or just unwanted pregnancies. Make up your mind.

By: NYC Parent

NYC Parent — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:20:00 +0000

The reasons you list above have nothing to do with the specific issue of aborting due to disability. They are merely arguments used against abortion in general. They don’t at all address why people abort an otherwise wanted potency.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:03:00 +0000

your rejection to the bill is nothing more than a prolife position, which is not want the ban is about & your opinions against this disability rights topic do not speak for everyone in the disabilities community. many people would like this passed. equality, acceptance, and education start prior to pregnancy and during. Advocacy after the fact when we allow these targeted abortions to happen seems trivial.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:58:00 +0000

#1 the reason many choose to abort children with Down syndrome is A.) it’s legal (doesn’t mean it’s ethical, slavery used to be legal in the US too, didn’t make it right, & now it’s illegal) B.) because people are using abortion as a means of birth control C.) those pregnant aren’t educating themselves prior to conception about the risks of having babies. #2 a woman’s choice about her body is just that her body, not extended to a baby in utero, or after birth. #3 the rejection of any of these bans on discriminatory abortions is that and that alone, the only reason there are objections is because of the pro-choice trying to defend something we’re not discussing with these bans

By: Meriah Nichols

Meriah Nichols — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:53:00 +0000

HUH?!

By: Dandini

Dandini — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:39:00 +0000

At least you are anti-diversity. . . .

By: NYC Parent

NYC Parent — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:32:00 +0000

The problem with ‘laws’ such as these is that #1 they don’t address the reason why many choose to abort — fear of the unknown, lack of support, lack of information, lack of resources, a soceity that doesn’t treat people with disabilities well, a world that doesn’t value the ‘otherness’ of the individual. #2 those who WANT to abort for all the reasons mentioned in #1 will simply say they are aborting for another reason and not disability. O, and #3 these laws will never pass and stay on the books as they violate a woman’s fundamental right to choose, which is law, upheld by the SCOTUS, here in the US. The proposal of these laws in the US are nothing more than political pandering by the pro-life movement. Waste of taxpayer dollars, money that could be used to fund programs for the disabled.

By: Meriah Nichols

Meriah Nichols — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:57:00 +0000

those bills are not, as you say, “correct approaches from a disability rights perspective”. They are correct approaches from a pro-life perspective.