I feel a need to preface this by stipulating the following: When it comes to the divisive national issue of abortion, I am reluctantly pro-choice, while finding myself supportive of certain sensible restrictions and limitations on the practice. Further, I understand that not everyone will make the choice to give birth to a child if they know ahead of time that it will be hazardous. I will also state that after a couple of weeks of research, I have more than sufficient grounds to oppose the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate. But even given all that, when I read this story from my friend The Lady Logician, I began to wonder about some of the people in this world.
The short version is that there is apparently at least one person out there who thinks that a woman who chooses to bring a baby to term while knowing that it will have serious medical issues is somehow guilty of being greedy and burdening society.
…unless a parent enjoys the wealth to provide for the lifetime of assistance that their child will require, they are essentially stranding the cost of their child’s life upon others.
While I found the story pretty disgusting, it was nothing near the level of outrage they managed to drag out of my radio co-host. Click through the jump and get the full flavor.