Wrongful Birth

Have you seen this story?  In Portland, OR a couple won $3 million because of a "Wrongful Birth."  The parents say they would have aborted their daughter who has Down Syndrome but the genetic testing, done incorrectly, lead them to believe their baby was normal.  Oh, please don't get them wrong, they love their now 4 year old daughter, but all those doctor bills and developmental therapists, it's such a burden and they demand compensation.

In the article, a blip at the bottom also mentions a family in Florida who received $4.5 million for a "Wrongful Birth" because their son was born with no arms and one leg.  They were asking for $9,000,000 because they claim that is what it would take to care for him in a 70 year life span.

What if you were told the reason your family had a comfortable lifestyle was because they won money for not wanting you born?  What message is this for people born with an abnormality?  Why is this just a pro-life issue?  Where's the outcry from disability rights activists?  

The hurt, the pain, the confusion when those children learn they were used by the people claiming to love them unconditionally, the people they feel safest with and who supposedly are committed to protecting them.  Children who are already susceptible to feeling insecure because of their disability.

This is such a sick mindset and so very dangerous.  It took a jury to win the cases.  Twelve (twenty-four total in these scenarios) people came back all agreeing, yes it would have been better if you ended that child's life in the womb.