Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIs it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-squareIs it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life?Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoWhile I’d also support my partner in terminating a pregnancy with a disabled child, please reconsider your wording. A disabled person’s life isn’t necessarily horrible, and neither will they necessarily ruin someone else’s life by being born.
minus-squarelukewarm_ozone@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI agree that there’s a lot of space between “considered disabled” and “horrible life”, but OP said “suffer their whole life” which I associated with the latter.
While I’d also support my partner in terminating a pregnancy with a disabled child, please reconsider your wording.
A disabled person’s life isn’t necessarily horrible, and neither will they necessarily ruin someone else’s life by being born.
I agree that there’s a lot of space between “considered disabled” and “horrible life”, but OP said “suffer their whole life” which I associated with the latter.