Most children with trisomy 18 diagnosed in the womb are aborted. Most who survive birth are given hospice care until they die. In these cases, doctors advise parents that these disabled children will die young or be a burden to them and society. But couldn’t the same be said of many healthy children?
Most burdens to society ARE healthy children. God Bless the Santorums.
Or healthy adults. I think we'd all be better off if we through out the concept of "society" and thought of people, sick or well, as participants in their own families and the communities of people who know them.