Australian couple 'leave [their] disabled baby with Thai surrogate'

AFP via Yahoo! News ^ | 8/1/14

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Well-wishers on Friday had raised nearly $100,000 for a baby reportedly left with his surrogate Thai mother after his Australian parents discovered he had Down's Syndrome and returned home with his healthy twin sister.

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May G-d have mercy on the souls of these so-called "parents."

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Of possible interest.

[gaijin]

omg.

WOW.

[Chickensoup]

what kind of couple?

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Well said.

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One man, one woman, no souls.

[Blood of Tyrants]

In the West, 90% of Downs babies are aborted.

[Chickensoup]

Lets be fair. Many people give up their downs babies. That is why that there is downs adoption sites. Years ago I volunteered in a state facility and many people left their downs kids there. a number of people do not want developmentally delayed kids.

[Chickensoup]

this is nothing new.

[Gay State Conservative]

None of my kids are Downs Syndrome but I did had a good deal of contact with Downs Syndrome adults at the hospital where I worked (our hospital didn't have a pediatrics service so we didn't see any afflicted kids).Although all of the ones I had contact with were at least somewhat ill...if not very ill...I found them to be gentle people with sweet dispositions.Almost childlike,in fact.

Yes,having a Downs Syndrome child could,I'm sure,be a challenge but given their basic nature I'll bet that the rewards could easily outweigh the challenges.

[GeronL]

Maybe real Christians should set up large facilities to take care of a lot of kids, sort of like orphanages use to be?

[livius]

Well, at least they paid for somebody to care for him.

Generally now most children like that are aborted after amniocentisis, so at least he got to live.

[Chickensoup]

Maybe real Christians should set up large facilities to take care of a lot of kids, sort of like orphanages use to be

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Most orphanages were Christian in the Western world. The government got involved and most closed. There are still orphanages in third world countries, many run by Christians.

Most Downs babies make a good income for the “professional” adopting parents. Downs babies come with quite the chunk of monies and supports from the government.

[aimee5291]

maybe there should be more like this couple who wanted to adopt a down syndrome child

ck this out
http://www.christianpost.com/buzzvine/couple-prays-to-adopt-baby-with-down-syndrome-watch-them-meet-their-beautiful-new-daughter-video-118714/#!

[Chickensoup]

Most Downs babies make a good income for the “professional” adopting parents. Downs babies come with quite the chunk of monies and supports from the government.

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I know.

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Lets be fair. Many people give up their downs babies. That is why that there is downs adoption sites. Years ago I volunteered in a state facility and many people left their downs kids there. a number of people do not want developmentally delayed kids.

And they could have done so rather than simply abandoning the child.

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Not that these [CENSORED]s will ever know.

[Chickensoup]

And they could have done so rather than simply abandoning the child.

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I don’t deny that. I guess they didn’t want to deal. They can walk away from the problem legally, which they cannot do here.

[Chickensoup]

And they could have done so rather than simply abandoning the child.

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Actually the more I think of it, they probably have to do some sort of adoption arabesque to get the babies into the country and cannot un-adopt a child they bring in. I bet that is part of the issue. They would then risk losing the other child. The courts frown on people who adopt then break the adoption.