What About Disabled and Unwanted Children?

Some argue, “It’s cruel to let a handicapped child be born into a miserable and meaningless life.” But what do the disabled think about their lives? Spina bifida patients were asked whether their handicaps made life meaningless and if they should have been allowed to die after birth. “Their unanimous response was forceful. Of course they wanted to live! In fact, they thought the question was ridiculous.”

I heard a pro-choice say of a severely handicapped child, “Should a woman be forced to bring a monster into the world?” Only by using such words can we deceive ourselves into believing them. The term vegetable is another popular word for disadvantaged humans. Such terminology dehumanizes people in our eyes but doesn’t change who they are.

A bruised apple is still an apple. A blind dog is still a dog. A senile woman is still a woman. A handicapped child is still a child. A person’s nature and worth aren’t changed by a handicap.

Alcorn, Randy C. "What About Disabled and Unwanted Children?" Why Pro-Life? Sandy, Or.: Eternal Perspective Ministries, 2004. 84+. Print.