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Jesus dude, that's a bit of a leap. We're not talking about people who might develop conditions, or people who choose to live their lives certain ways. As I understand it, the conversation's more about a hypothetical baby that will absolutely be born with a terrible disease that will grant nothing but a short and excruciating existence. There's real scientific reasoning behind that decision, not "oh the baby's probably gonna be a commie, get rid of it"

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> a terrible disease that will grant nothing but a short and excruciating existence

That's not a necessary qualification. For example, 90%+ of fetuses diagnosed with Down's syndrome are aborted, even though Down's is far from a death sentence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-q4OnBtNU

The happy go lucky Down's people, however, are just what you see of them in media. That's a tiny fraction of the entire population with Down's, which consists of a range of horrible and crippling mental and physical disabilities, in addition to increased risk for diseases like early onset Alzheimers.

Giving a child a life like that feels cruel and heartless to me.

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