No. No it is not "horrific". My brother with Down Syndrome has the use of all his limbs. He has his sight, his hearing, his other senses. He has his mind; he can read and write and work minor arithmetic, enough to make change and get by day to day. He's learning to hold down a menial job and it makes him happy.
Is it a life I envy? No! But it's not "horrific". He's happy, he's productive, he's a human being designed in God's image just as I am. He doesn't need treatment. It's not a fatal illness.
90% of children diagnosed with DS are killed in their mother's womb. 90%. That number is absolutely horrific. It also tells me that many people who claim to be pro life will commit murder when the chips are down.
Keep your pity for the children who are murdered, not the ones who survive.
Half the population is below average.
Folks with Down Syndrome make up a small portion of that half.
If it's acceptable to kill the Down Syndrome folks, is it not also acceptable to kill the other below average folks?
Indeed, is it not a requirement to do so? To improve the breed, of course ... indeed, killing the below average folks who don't have Down Syndrome would seem more important. They don't look different from the above average folks, and are more likely to breed.
Shouldn't we embark on a careful plan for improving humanity? Shouldn't we mandatorily test everyone for IQ? Shouldn't we either sterilize or euthanize all the poor useless eaters who are below average? Aren't they just less-human? Aren't they just suffering through lives unworthy of being lived? Shouldn't we also encourage the above average folks to breed, under the careful supervision of the most intelligent?
Have we ever seen this mentality implemented in the past?