[verity]

Those children are very special, and they should not be discarded at will.

Tragic as this subject may be, I fail to comprehend why these children are considered "very special". "Very special" conotes something positive and desirable. Euphemisms cannot change the consequences.

[Radix]

When I was a child I was very ill for a time.

Later,when I was healthy again, I was treated as if I were disabled. I was privilaged to be a part of a program that was designed to cater to handicapped children.

I was not handicapped, unless you consider being poor a handicap.

I spent many hours in my youth with truly handicapped children, and not a few of them were Downes Syndrome victims.

They are not euphemisms.

You might as well have called a viable fetus "fetal tissue."

I do not know where you are coming from, but I do know that you project an air of cynicism and great coldness in that one simple post that just caught my attention.

Those children are not euphemisms.

They are indeed very special.

Pardon me for using politically correct speech.