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<div><font><span style="font-weight:normal"><font>A fanatikus ateista Richard Dawkins tudós aberrált véleménye és a Down szindrómával élők és foglalkozók reakciója:</font><br></span></font>
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Richard Dawkins: 'immoral' not to abort if foetus has Down's syndrome</h1>
<div><p>Scientist says a mother has a responsibility to ‘abort it and try again’ if she knows her baby would have the disorder</p></div></div><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/" target="_blank">theguardian.com</a>,
Thursday 21 August 2014 05.14 BST
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<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><u><b>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.</b></u></span> Photograph: Murdo Macleod
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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><u><b>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.</b></u></span></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><u><b>Dawkins tweeted: “Abort it and try again.</b></u></span> It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.”</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><u><b>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.”</b></u></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><u><b>Dawkins</b></u></span> later defended his view, saying he would not apologise “for
approaching moral philosophic questions in a logical way”. He <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><u><b>went on to
point out that Down’s syndrome foetuses are aborted in many cases, and
that abortion was a woman’s choice.</b></u></span></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><u><b>The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) issued a response</b></u></span> to Dawkins’s
initial comment.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><u><b> “People with Down’s syndrome can and do live full and
rewarding lives, they also make a valuable contribution to our society.</b></u></span></p>
<p>“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.</p>
<p>“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.”</p>
<p><u><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>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,</b></span></u> then telling people who couldn’t understand his logic to
“go away and learn how to think”.</p>
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