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Compulsory Abortion for Down’s Syndrome Foetuses, Says UKIP Kent Candidate
Gravesend Reporter ^ | 12/18/12 | Anna Dubuis

Posted on 12/19/2012 11:55:05 AM PST by marshmallow

Mothers with foetuses detected to have Down’s syndrome and other disabilities should be forced into a compulsory abortion, according to a UKIP candidate’s ‘personal manifesto’.

Geoffrey Clark, who is running in a by-election on Thursday (20) for the Gravesham Rural seat on Kent County Council and the Meopham North seat on Gravesham Borough Council, was labelled ‘abhorrent’ by disability charities and parents.

His ideas, published on his website, state: “Consider compulsory abortion when the foetus is detected as having Downs, Spina Bifida or similar syndrome which, if it is born, will render the child a burden on the state as well as on the family.”

He also wants free euthanasia for the over-80s.

Andrew Diedo, from Dartford, whose 27-year-old son Chris has Down’s syndrome, said Mr Clark’s view was “perhaps born out of fear and ignorance”.

He said: “Our son with Down’s syndrome enjoys a full, happy and productive life. Anyone who knows him will agree with me that the world is a far richer place because of him.”

Disability charity Mencap’s chief executive, Mark Goldring, said he was “disgusted and shocked” at the manifesto.

“It is abhorrent that Geoffrey Clarke sees disabled people solely as a burden. We question if he is fit for public office,” he said.

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UKIP = United Kingdom Independence Party
1 posted on 12/19/2012 11:55:10 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

It’s good to be god.


2 posted on 12/19/2012 11:56:43 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." - Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator)
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To: marshmallow

This isn’t going to help fight off the accusations that the UKIP and euro-skepticism is just the BNP in disguise.


3 posted on 12/19/2012 11:58:28 AM PST by Shadow44
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To: marshmallow

Can’t you just see Obama reading this and thinking, “Hmmm . . .”


4 posted on 12/19/2012 11:58:55 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio)
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To: marshmallow

What was once illegal becomes compulsory.


5 posted on 12/19/2012 11:59:54 AM PST by MeganC (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: marshmallow

THIS is why we own guns.


6 posted on 12/19/2012 12:00:23 PM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: marshmallow

Damned NAZIS.


7 posted on 12/19/2012 12:00:56 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Nazi is right. They were the ones who pioneered that type of genocide.


8 posted on 12/19/2012 12:04:27 PM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Jim Robinson

Totally agree - The closest political relative to this guy is without a doubt the NAZI (national socialist) party.


9 posted on 12/19/2012 12:05:12 PM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I think this is will definitely be on the table at some point. Dems will start with manditory “do not resesitate” orders based on age and illness, followed soon by limiting funding for preemies.


10 posted on 12/19/2012 12:05:51 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Nazi is right. They were the ones who pioneered that type of genocide.


11 posted on 12/19/2012 12:06:09 PM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: marshmallow

msg to Brits:

“So, we saved your @$$ from Hitler’s ‘master race’ for nothin’, eh?”


12 posted on 12/19/2012 12:06:22 PM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: marshmallow

All this killing of those deemed to be “worthless” in Europe and we wonder why we have shootings?

My perfectly normal, highly intelligent 12 year old grandson was a false “positive” Down’s test.

The world is insane.


13 posted on 12/19/2012 12:07:15 PM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: marshmallow

Makes me want to want Logan’s Run again.


14 posted on 12/19/2012 12:07:50 PM PST by fruser1
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To: marshmallow

Makes me want to watch Logan’s Run again.


15 posted on 12/19/2012 12:08:10 PM PST by fruser1
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Those provisions are likey already hidden in Obamacare.


16 posted on 12/19/2012 12:09:08 PM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: marshmallow
The criteria is whether the child will be a burden on the state as well as on the family

You'd think the pro choice crowd would let the family decide on whether they wanted to take on that burden.

As for being a burden on the state, there are over 50 million people who have proven themselves a lifelong burden on the state. Start there.

17 posted on 12/19/2012 12:12:34 PM PST by Teotwawki (For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
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To: marshmallow
This is government-run health care.
18 posted on 12/19/2012 12:13:00 PM PST by grobdriver
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To: marshmallow
This is what passes for "conservatism" in Europe.

Oswald Moseley would be proud.

19 posted on 12/19/2012 12:13:04 PM PST by wideawake
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To: marshmallow

This a-hole will burn in hell! They are our most innocent, and I would trade them for all the convicts in prison any day of the week.


20 posted on 12/19/2012 12:16:49 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (Only fake Christians vote or are Democrats.)
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