Comments on: Aborting Babies Because of Cleft Palates in the UK http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/joanna-jepson/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robbie http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/joanna-jepson/#comment-105748 Robbie Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:24:09 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/23/joanna-jepson/#comment-105748 I just wanted to post a picture of the cute Reverend... I just wanted to post a picture of the cute Reverend…

]]> By: Nazar http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/joanna-jepson/#comment-105747 Nazar Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:21:47 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/23/joanna-jepson/#comment-105747 Robbie, let us not fool ourselves into thinking that individuals with cleft palates would not be discriminated against. Thankfully, that particular condition can be corrected with surgery, but what about more serious conditions? Cystic fibrosis? Down Syndrome? Sometimes the compassionate thing to do is to end the fetus, rather than have it live a sickly life. Robbie, let us not fool ourselves into thinking that individuals with cleft palates would not be discriminated against. Thankfully, that particular condition can be corrected with surgery, but what about more serious conditions? Cystic fibrosis? Down Syndrome?

Sometimes the compassionate thing to do is to end the fetus, rather than have it live a sickly life.

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