[Grem] Richard Dawkins thinks it's 'immoral' not to abort a Down syndrome foetus

[Emoke Greschik]

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 Richard Dawkins: 'immoral' not to abort if foetus has Down's syndrome

Scientist says a mother has a responsibility to ‘abort it and try again’ if
she knows her baby would have the disorder
theguardian.com <http://www.theguardian.com/>, Thursday 21 August 2014
05.14 BST
  [image: Richard Dawkins says it would be immoral for a mother to continue
with a pregnancy if the baby would be born with Down's syndrome.] *Richard
Dawkins says it would be immoral for a mother to continue with a pregnancy
if the baby would be born with Down’s syndrome.* Photograph: Murdo Macleod

*The scientist Richard Dawkins has become embroiled in another Twitter row,
claiming it would be “immoral” to carry on with a pregnancy if the mother
knew the foetus had Down’s syndrome.*

The British author made the comment in response to another user who said
she would be faced with “a real ethical dilemma” if she became pregnant and
learned that the baby would be born with the disorder.

*Dawkins tweeted: “Abort it and try again.* It would be immoral to bring it
into the world if you have the choice.”

*He faced a backlash for his comment, with one mother, who has a child with
the genetic condition, saying: “I would fight till my last breath for the
life of my son. No dilemma.”*

*Dawkins* later defended his view, saying he would not apologise “for
approaching moral philosophic questions in a logical way”. He *went on to
point out that Down’s syndrome foetuses are aborted in many cases, and that
abortion was a woman’s choice.*

Some users supported the God Delusion author, agreeing with his assertion
that there is a difference in deciding on a termination before a child is
born, and suggesting after the child is born that it should have been
aborted.

*The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) issued a response* to Dawkins’s
initial comment.* “People with Down’s syndrome can and do live full and
rewarding lives, they also make a valuable contribution to our society.*

“At the Down’s Syndrome Association we do not believe Down’s syndrome in
itself should be a reason for termination, however we realise that families
must make their own choice.

“The DSA strives to ensure that all prospective parents are given accurate
and up to date information about the condition and what life might be like
today for someone with Down’s syndrome.”

*Previously Dawkins has caused controversy on Twitter by saying the world’s
Muslims had won fewer Nobel prizes than Trinity College Cambridge; and by
arguing some types of rape or paedophilia are worse than others,* then
telling people who couldn’t understand his logic to “go away and learn how
to think”.
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