[rhema]

Joni (right) with Brycen Witwer (center) and his mom (left)

[rhema]

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[alice_in_bubbaland]

A blurred screen bump!

[wagglebee]

I am deeply concerned about this trend. Abortion is now used as a "disability prevention measure."

And euthanasia is being used as a "disability termination measure."

[Rudder]

Over 90 percent of pregnant women who are given a Down syndrome diagnosis choose to have an abortion.

This isn't a social engineering polcy, it's a populist movement.

[sionnsar]

A ticket-taker at a local movie theatre is clearly Down syndrome. I always enjoy seeing her there — her unfailing cheeriness is always a lift.

[Alberta's Child]

When someone writes an honest historical account of the U.S. in this era, they’ll marvel at how the Nazis won World War II even though the Germans lost.

[Scotswife]

and because of this trend, a healthy twin was accidentally murdered because her sister was discovered to have Downs.
They aborted the wrong baby.

You would have thought the parents reconsider about aborting the remaining infant?
No - they subsequently killed that one too.

[Gay State Conservative]

The hospital where I worked for 20+ had a contract to provide general medical care for the adult residents (our hospital had no pediatrics service) of a nearby State hospital.Many of this hospital's patients were Downs Syndrome patients.

In my contact with these patients I was struck by the fact that,almost without exception,they were very kind and gentle and,perhaps,the ones who *weren't* so kind and gentle were that way when I saw them because they weren't feeling well.

[tiki]

It is obvious that Down’s Syndrome kids get the “happy gene”.

They employ a few of them at my supermarket and it is always a pleasure to encounter them.

The young family that I know with a Down’s Syndrome child was told that the markers were there and she needed to hurry to get the abortion. They couldn’t believe she wouldn’t.

He has so much love in him and everyone loves him back. When he was little he really fell in love with my husband and my son and would sit in their laps for hours and cry if his mother tried to take him.

[Paperdoll]

A tragedy in the making! These are the angels sent to show us true purity of heart.

[leda]

This breaks my heart. And it translates into a strange future for the kids Doug loves. It's going to be a lonely world for them—they will have far fewer friends with Down syndrome in the future. There are 5,500 children born with Down syndrome each year; they incur from mild to moderate mental retardation. These young people will now have fewer community programs, as well as reduced funds for medical research.

This is why there are growing numbers of parents crisscrossing the continent speaking to the blessings—even advantages—of raising a Down syndrome child. These parents are sharing their stories and explaining how a Down syndrome child can bless his siblings and draw a family closer together. They say that young women who are considering abortion don't understand, nor do they realize the benefits a Down syndrome baby brings to a family. Unfortunately, the only counsel these women are receiving from their obstetrician is often a brochure.

this is such a double tragedy. it breaks my heart to think
about all those babies who are never given a chance. all
the others will grow up in a lonely world because of the
shrinking population of those with downs syndrome.

[SauronOfMordor]

I think the lady is more concerned about the possibility of reduced funding for her programs

[TheSarce]

Joni ping...

[MTMS]

Good grief, killing unborn babies with Down Syndrome is insane.

My nephew has Down’s and he is probably the favorite nephew of all. Everyone loves him and his mother even went so far as to say that every family should have a Down’s kid. A friend of mine has a Down’s boy who just turned 20. They always had high expectations for him, required a lot from him and babied him as little as possible. He flourishes and recently graduated from home school, is working through our county office to get a job at Home Depot or Lowes and helps his Dad on construction jobs...as much as he is able. I watched him show his market hog at the 4H show in August and you won’t find a more honest, hard-working, conscientious, likeable kid. Everyone loves him.

Another family I know has a Down’s kid who is undisciplined and bratty because his parents never held him to any standard and always babied him...so he is a handful and always will be. He is rude, has no manners and not many people want to be around him.

I shop frequently at the ‘handicap’ thrift store..as we call it. And, my favorite people there are the Down’s people. Wonderful, happy people, mostly.

[AlaskaErik]

Recently Doug said, "Joni, when I get married, I hope that my wife and I will have a child with Down syndrome."

That is a sick thing to wish upon your own child. It sounds like Doug suffers from stunted emotional development. And Doug should also contemplate who will care for this child when he's old or gone. Grow up Doug!

[G Larry]

I’ll post this true account every time the subject comes up.

A young couple I worked with was told their baby had downs syndrom, months before the child was to be born.
The Father wanted to abort and the Mother would have nothing to do with the idea of killing her baby.
The BABY WAS BORN PERFECTLY HEALTHY!
Can you imagine being in that Father’s shoes today?
THESE TESTS ARE FLAWED!!!
And even if they were not, it is no excuse to kill these gifts from God!

[Jo Nuvark]

I haven’t seen Joni in a long time. She looks great.
I was at Chuck Swindol’s church at EV Free when
she and Tada announced their engagement.

[Lizavetta]

a sad reflection of the growing premise in our society that a person is "better off dead than disabled."

And somebody else gets to make that decision for the disabled person.....not the disabled person himself.

[mockingbyrd]

I was offered all these tests even though I am only 28. I turned them all down, said it wouldn’t matter either way. My baby’s my baby no matter how far from my personal ideal he is. It’s so much better that way.