Parents suing for "wrongful birth"

It offends me for the same reason rogue. The people I've known with Down Syndrome have been some of the most pleasant, and positive people I've ever seen. Having a lower IQ doesn't make anyone less deserving of life, nor does it make them less of a person.

They can sue because of genetic testing, which isn't suppose to be used to give the option of abortion, but here we see it most definately is thought of as a way to weed out the 'imperfet'. The test was misread. I'm with you, I've worked in residential homes and found these people to be very loving, caring and dear people.

Yeah, I get your drift. Whose going to pay for it? Can you expect two parents to cover the cost of a disabled child that they brought into the world that they claim to love yet are showing by their actions that they never wanted a child in the first place because a scientific procedure that is not a 100% accurate (and will never be) shows that there is not a disability? Why should they sue a hospital under some delusional idea that the doctors there can control the role of the dice when it comes to genetics when it is the two of them creating the child? Yes, someone is going to have to pay for their future. Hopefully, it will be a future full of love and the parents will recognize their mistake. But suing the hospital forces everyone associated with that hospital to pay more which always increases the cost of health care even if there is some kind of settlement reached. Instead, the parents should recognize that they have a financial responsibility to make certain the future care of their daughter even if it means sacrificing a few things. That's what parents do. Let the organizations do their job in assisting the parents. That's what the organizations do. Many Down's syndrome organizations are private entities set up by parents of these kids to help others in the same situation. In other words, you can't place blame on anyone except nature when it comes to genetics. As devastating as a diagnosis is, parents cannot blame anyone at all, even themselves. Back to your original question. Who should pay for their daughter because she was brought into the world by imperfect parents with imperfect medicine?

both share for the payment.

As a country we fight over women have a right to 'medical care' in the form of free birth control; but we say to ourselves (some of us) who's going to pay for this? Get my drift?

How can they love her, and feel that way too?

"I just can't believe she would have murdered her baby rather than have her born with Down Syndrome." It's sad, but people abort something like 86% of children prediagnosed with Down Syndrome. Every parent should have life insurance. I'd never even thought about getting life insurance until my child was born. In the event that my wife and/or I die we want to make sure that our child is provided for.

I don't know how they can say that except the article says they are worried about what would happen to her if they should die or become incapacitated. They are suing for the costs of her care over a lifetime. Personally, I would not sue anyone--I'm pretty sure of that--but I, too, would worry if something should happen to me. The difference between me and them is that I know God would provide for her care and hopefully I'd have used the brain He's given me to buy life insurance or some other provision for her. I think at most I'd ask them to pay my life insurance premiums.

What "choice" was removed. If they were so obsessed with having a "perfect" child, they could have still aborted the baby. Nobody was stopping them. They were aware that the test was not accurate 100% of the time. They were also aware that things like autism were not detectable. "screening could help loving parents terminate the pregnancy, so as to spare their child that pain." Yes, because ending a life is so much more loving than helping someone overcome adversity. Gay couples and birth control have nothing to do with this and despite the left wing lies, nobody is trying to take away birth control, but you already know that I'm sure. "Not allowing someone a choice is wrong." Does that include not allowing Catholics to have a choice on whether or not they have to buy birth control for other people? Seriously ladybug, you are the most anti-choice person I know on almost every issue.

The progressive definition of "choice" really blows my hair back. (Okay. That's a lie. I don't have enough hair left to be blown back. But still.)

"Not allowing someone a choice is wrong." What about babies having a choice in being born? Matersfish is sooo right, what a culture.

I can understand if you wanted to sue due to poor medical care that resulted in a birth injury. I too have had that thought. My son was born with the cord around his neck, it got that way because he was coming breech and the doctor did not intervene when he should have. My son was born blue. That is different than this I think.

Sorry, I answered before I read the clip. I see now that the adoption idea is yours, not the parents. And that they want more money to raise the child better. It´s not that simple, now that I read it all.

You're right. Any time a case like this happens it risks opening up a huge can of worms.