I don’t know about all spina bifida cases, but I worked with a guy in TX who had it. He was in a wheelchair, but he was a teacher and the kids loved him. He got married and seemed to have a full life. He died fairly young, but I don’t think he would have said he’d prefer to have been killed at birth. And he brought a lot to the lives of others.
Exactly, spinal bifida shortens and happens a person’s life, but it IS NOT a death sentence.