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Originally Posted by Ryzorian
What about mentally retarded? They are not allways even aware of anything around them, would they give a "sh-t" if we decided killing all the retarded would save us money?, resources and emotional anquish? .What about mentally unstable, like that guy in Arizona? Should we then conclude it would be better for culture as a whole to "abort" those types of people because they can't be trusted otherwise?
Aren't they the same arguement's the Nazi's used to have thier "final solution"? about Jews?
It's why I personally believe we have to have a set, visable line between life and death and what's permissable and what's not. Because the fuzzier the line gets, the more people who are considered "borderline" get draged into it.
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Actually I fully agree with this (if not the wording). There are a lot of people who are less agile mentally or physically, and commiting abortions simply because a child isn't "perfect" really irks me. Recently there's a lot of mothers testing for downsyndrome, and a lot who abort if they think their child has it, and - yes - it may not be something a person wants, and it may make life difficult, but there are many downsyndrome children who live productive, happy and well-adjusted lives. Some are the kindest and happiest people I've met, who work good jobs and have children of their own. Other issues like autism also come in gradients, and if someone aborts simply because that child is 'autistic' then I can name so many people who have added to the arts, sciences or society as a whole who would not have existed . . .
I kind of agree that it does have a 'Nazi-like' feel to it. I think some diseases or illnesses - ones that the child stands no chance, would truly suffer, wouldn't be at all possible to live a long and/or independent life - could possibly qualify for abortion, but just for any old thing . . . it's like the whole Aryian (sp?) perfect race. It's just one step behind the whole 'designer baby' concept, where theoretically one could choose the baby's entire appearance.
Although as much as I agree with a 'visible line' between what should be permissiable and what shouldn't, I don't think that's possible. They'll never be a majority agreement for one case or another, and they'll always be people who disagree. It's probably naive to try and find one set of beliefs/rules to apply to everyone . . .