tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post111732715952017295..comments2024-02-13T00:29:04.591-08:00Comments on EmmaSage: A very sad and troubling thought.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628921554027431376noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post-86583515753297043772011-11-14T06:38:56.971-08:002011-11-14T06:38:56.971-08:00Love this! My son who has T21 can't get life i...Love this! My son who has T21 can't get life ins until he's 5. ( because of the outdated information that because he was born with a heart defect he won't live to be 5 and that'd b a waste of their money) when medical science in the 21st century has been able to prolong his life by many many years. Ins companies deny him, but would take his twin brother in a heart beat because he's deamed "perfect". Sorry, they BOTH are perfect so its both or none. Sad that they really expected me to chose one over the other. <br /><br />Loved this article and keep on writing! Thank you!twinmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133320895020699580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post-70697328746209294112011-11-14T03:20:40.383-08:002011-11-14T03:20:40.383-08:00This topic has hit close to the surface often for ...This topic has hit close to the surface often for me just the past few months, especially, and I was just thinking about it this morning before I read this. I can't imagine the world without Samantha and those like her. I think it's going to take a strong, public outcry from the self-advocacy community to even scratch the surface of this sad and unnerving opinion, and I sure hope that when they're ready, our girls will be speaking out. I can only just hope that there are more people out there who value the lives of their yet-unborn children as we do.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963099760885760598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post-33307493847343641172011-11-13T21:01:38.830-08:002011-11-13T21:01:38.830-08:00This is a campaign lobbied by insurance companies....This is a campaign lobbied by insurance companies. This is genocide. It is illegal based on WHO criteria. How do we fight this? Can we start tomorrow?Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717992177648392312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post-40489688529509785952010-11-12T05:27:11.828-08:002010-11-12T05:27:11.828-08:00TM, LONG time since Ive replied to your blog. But ...TM, LONG time since Ive replied to your blog. But this is so true, and one of your commenters also hit the nail on the head regarding the lower end of the IQ scale always being SOMEONE, someones child. It is heartbreaking. <br /><br />I think that one of the best weapons we have to combat this annihilation is knowledge. People can logically seperate abortion from eugenics if you dont box them into corners. <br /><br />The Nazis had a color coding system of triangles for the people they labeled, the mentally challenged wore black triangles. "asocials". The more we can speak from knowledge, history, and come from the angle of "everyone had a color that defined them" the more people hear us. I HIGHLY reccommend a book called War Against The Weak. http://www.waragainsttheweak.com/ it is LONG, but fascinating, and it gives a historical perspective that is hard to argue. Keep writing, TM, keep sticking a foot in the door, someday there wont be many of us fighting left, and even fewer of our precious children. I honestly believe it is our awareness, our photography, and our faith in humankind that will save them. passion is good, but logic is even better. ;)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087873326478010732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post-1120004977885356332005-06-28T17:29:00.000-07:002005-06-28T17:29:00.000-07:00Amen.As I've blogged several times before, "Choice...Amen.<BR/><BR/>As I've blogged several times before, "Choice" was important to me because I *chose* to have Ellie, knowing about her "imperfections." I didn't feel legally trapped in scary circumstances that I didn't expect or understand. <BR/><BR/>And now I feel like it is my mission to share what a blessing my daughter is. Like you said, *choosing* not to give birth to a wanted child because of a nonlethal perceived imperfection is morally reprehensible. And the medical professionals who paint such a dire picture of life with Down syndrome ought to be educated first and foremost.Sarahlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658866017847046987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656694.post-1117394252328654792005-05-29T12:17:00.000-07:002005-05-29T12:17:00.000-07:00Tara Marie - I love that last quote and have used ...Tara Marie - I love that last quote and have used it often in my religion classes. Where does it end? Today it may be those with trisomy 21 who are never given a chance at life but when they are gone, there will still be a "bottom end" of the IQ scale and tomorrow it may be them. We should not be in charge of defining what is considered a "viable" life and what is not considered such. <BR/><BR/>Did you see the CNN special entitled "Autism is a World". I think it addressed very clearly what happens when people start working to find solutions that are unique to unique individuals rather then trying to mold them in to what society has traditonally defined as "acceptable".<BR/><BR/>Hugs to you. I feel so blessed to know you and your darling Emma Sage.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142615165662888456noreply@blogger.com