yellmi wrote:
when we allow some people to have children and some people not, we do so because of a motive. do we not want sick/disabled people to have children because they cost the government money and because they cannot generate profit? or because we do not want their children to suffer?
if its the first reason this is very twisted mentality cause soon you arrive at other thoughts like, homeless people arent contributing to society, the elderly, immigrants etc. and what do you do then? thoughts like this end in ethnic cleansing. this is just plain disgusting.
if its the second reason, you are completely invalidating the personal experiences of sick/disabled people. they can be happy and fullfilled and joyful too, and unless they have a develpmental disability where their brain stays childlike (in which case they probably wont be having children unless they are raped by ther caretaker), they very much do know what it means to have a child with their sickness/disability and know the gravity of their decision. it should be up to each individual to decide. to think all sick/disabled people are dumb and always suffering and dont know they would jsut create more suffering is very patronizing.