I'm an American but studied abroad in Denmark for around 6 months. When I was there, I found out that the Nordic countries have virtually eradicated down syndrome by testing pregnant people for it. 99% choose to abort. How do you guys feel about this?
Personally this is quite disturbing to me. I've known people with down syndrome who live happy, quality lives. Even if it is up to the mother whether or not to abort, when it happens 99% of the time, is it not cultural eugenics? It seems the culture is almost afraid of taking care of a child with down syndrome. Especially in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, where the resources to take care of them are more widely available. If you could test for other things like autism, or even something like extreme depression, would yall do the same thing?
EDIT: I am strongly pro choice and I have talked to many American people on both sides of the political spectrum about this and they unanimously agree with me. On an individual level, I support everyones right to make their own decisions, but when it gets to the population level it becomes more of a cultural issue. There seems to be a cultural agreement that children with down syndrome are too difficult to care for. Does that make it ok to eradicate them? I honestly don't know
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/queen_bs at 2024-03-13 15:12:18+00:00.
bold-koala at 2024-03-13 17:11:47+00:00 ID:
kupmy7hI had an older brother vith downs. He lived two years. And not to good years. It was in the early 60 and at that time he was the worst case the doctors had seen. It made a mark in My mothers psyke that she newer overcome. When i was born two years later she was in panic because of the complications in My birth. I was 6 weeks early and 3500 g so when they took me and placed me in a respirator she broke down. She was convinced that I had happend again. Luckyli i was only affected by preecplampsy (Hope that makes sense). But My point is that if she had the test and could have made the choise i Hope and think that she would have chosen abortion. Sorry for the long rant but choises matter.