Re: Woman told polic =?WINDOWS-...

[Guest guest]

" Now, I nearly faced this dilemma. My father let it be know that if I

was born with a club foot, like his brother was, or another defect, I

would be put up for adoption. This was the time before ultrasound. If

those were around and I had a defect, he probably would have demanded

an abortion. Newer testing like for As and other things probably

would have been the same I'm sure. "

This is the mentality of a greater number of people today. They

believe they know the value and worth of a person before they are

even born. I am sure there were plenty of great minds that the world

would never know that have been aborted through thoughtlessness.

In the case of autism, we KNOW that there are many intelligent

autistics out there ranging from " idiot savants " to " card counters "

to folks like Bill Gates. So what the world stands to lose through in-

utero genetic testing and subsequent abortion of autistics is quite a

bit of knowledge.

Tom

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