Let me put things in perspective
> A child with down syndrome will have 20-50x chances to contract Alzheimer's/dementia
> A child with down syndrome will a 10x of contracting cancer
> A child with down syndrome will 50-65% chances of developing a heart condition and 50% chances of hearing & vision loss
Now for financial sides of things
> Compared to a normal healthy child it takes 2-6 times more to raise a child with down syndrome
> Average costs up to 18 years of age could be between $400,000 to $700,000 (with insurance)
Raising a child with down syndrome is not only cruel to them but to parents too. I haven't even mentioned the emotional stress of it. The choice 100% belongs to the parents.
In 2024 532,000 children were confirmed victims of abuse. Half a million kids I bet if given a choice they would choose to be born to parents who actually wanted them.
YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife abort their child after finding out the baby had Down syndrome.
Ridgway cited that they chose to kill the baby after deciding that he and his wife didn't want to be inconvenienced with a child with Down syndrome.
"Things have been pretty dark for a while for us, and we felt this was gonna be a nice little ray of sunshine, and it's not."
Horrific and selfish.
An estimated 67% - 85% of pregnancies in the U.S. with a Down syndrome diagnosis are aborted.
This is evil. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.