Abortions for babies with DS

February 20, 2008

Think about this. What if you had a daughter with DSwho had difficulty taking

care of herself. As anadult (or even as a teenager), she got pregnant andshe

knew her baby was going to have DS before it wasborn. What would you recommend?

Every situation is different.- Sophia

I have thought about this a lot even though I have a son with MDS that is only

17 months. I think it is my responsibility to have the discussion with my son

about having children, and if he is incapable of taking care of a child, then we

need to talk about ways of preventing him becoming a father.

It is my job to make sure it never gets to a point of " what do we do now. " And

if it ever does it is just as much my respinsibility of making sure that his

child is taken care of as it is his. I know of his limitations and believe that

I have a great responsibility in being his mom. It is scary as hell and the

most exciting thing that I have ever done as it probably is for many of you.

Sophia, I am not picking on you at all. I just am having a hard time thinking

that someone else (the professor mentioned before) would ever make a suggestion

that I should have aborted my son.

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