My brides uncle has a Downs son who was born when the mother was in her 40’s. They are faithful Catholics, and have been for all of their lives. Are they similarly stupid?
I believe you were responding to post #216, which was someone else's rather lowlife response to my post #173.
I double-checked my post #173 and I can't find a word "stupid" anywhere in it.
Statements like yours above, when proven to be trumped-up, lose any effectiveness, redgolum. Please check before you shoot.
I called no one "stupid" in my post #173. I wonder, however, about people who have children at an advanced age, when the risk of Down's Syndrome is greatly increased.
This condition is debilitating and can be even devastating for both the parents and the affected children, and I can't imagine that any parent would wish to be the reason for their condition, especially since medical science warns parents against it, and because such condition is avoidable.
First their life expectancy is considerably shorter than that of (statistically) normal population, often survived by their parents. They are much more likely to have heart abnormalities, and are generally much more prone to illness. They also come with different degrees of learning disabilities, some of which make them unable to function in a society.
All this is avoidable. I am speaking as a person, realizing that some, because of their religious beliefs, may have a different opinion, but to me it is unfathomable for any parent to wish to take such a chance, especially when, due to advanced age of the mother, and to a much lesser degree of a father, the child is very likely to be born with some form of trisomy.
People who are either not careful enough or deliberately have children at an advanced age are simply disconcerted about the life they are about to bring forth. They can't claim ignorance because doctors warn about it in due time.