After Monday's class, I went home and re-read the Alison Piepmeier article and had my boyfriend read it with me. I wanted to hear his thoughts and views about this touchy subject of having a child with down syndrome or aborting it. Shockingly, he said he would never abort a child. "I would still love the child if they had down syndrome or seven legs or 100 eyes."
I mentioned to him that he was going over board and he disagreed. He believes that he created that bundle of joy and he would love it no matter what problems that child had. Both of us had mentioned that fact that most people that we have known have aborted their babies because they could not handle it or that they didn't want to bring the child up not having the best. Yes I would agree to an extent but why take an innocent life away. The baby has done nothing wrong.
As for Maybelle in the Piepmeier article, I think that is great. Yes she has down syndrome but she was a perfectly healthy baby. Still today, she is a healthy little girl with down syndrome. She sees the world in a different way and honestly I am proud of Alison Piepmeier for not giving up.
I think your boyfriend has a wonderful opinion =) That seems so simple and sincere. I'm proud of Alison Piepmeier as well
ReplyDeleteI don't know who could just abort a child with a disability though. I work with an autistic girl who is 7 years old and she just puts a smile on my face every time I get to see her. Sure she is not the brightest color in the crayon box but she has a special gift of looking at things that I would never have thought of. People with special needs children, like Alison Piepmeier, and a gift sent down from God. They help their special needs children in so many ways. I love it!
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