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by deadbytes 1905 days ago
>calls for the killing of babies if they where jewish, black etc.

How is this in any way equivalent? Being jewish or black are not disabilities. Downs syndrome is a horrible condition that greatly impacts your quality of life.

I personally think abortion is horrible, but aborting babies who are going to enter life with awful disabilities is the least objectionable form of abortion there is.

You should be outraged at the millions of perfectly healthy babies that are aborted every year just for convenience. Not this.

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>Downs syndrome is a horrible condition that greatly impacts your quality of life.

I disagree. Have you ever met one person with that condition?

The ones I've met, are happier than 99% of the people I know.

Maybe you should tell that to rms instead of throwing anecdata at people who disagree with you.
> Downs syndrome is a horrible condition that greatly impacts your quality of life.

People with DS frequently report greater life satisfaction that people without DS. The problem isn't DS, it's how people with DS get treated by the rest of society that's a problem.