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UK abortion law requires the agreeement of two physicians that there is a substantial risk of a handicapped child for an abortion to be done after 24 weeks. The abuse here is stretching the definition of handicapped.

The definition of handicapped doesn’t need to be abused here because US law requires nothing more than the mother’s whim at any point.

Heading in that direction would be a step forward if you ask me.

I’d like to see the statistics on the numbers for this type of abortion here in the USA. Do abortions happen here for such minor disabilities? I know it’s possible. I just didn’t think it was common.

This is so strange to me. Both of my daughter's feet were deformed and it never crossed my mind to think of it as a handicap. It was more of a nuisance thing. Getting her the corrective surgery was the equivalent of getting braces. Just one more thing to deal with. I guess, in my mind, if it can be fixed, it's not a handicap.

Then again, I don't see my son's diabetes as a handicap. It's a pain in the butt and I'm glad that there are treatments. It's just another thing life throws at you. For me, examples of *handicap* would be severe brain damage or a massive spinal cord injury. Loosing *both* legs or arms. Something that screws up your basic life functions. A cleft palate in an otherwise healthy child? Please. That's like a kid who needs braces. Diabetes? A step more serious than glasses. Still manageable.