We should be honest as a culture about the fact that these children are killed not because they are a burden on themselves, but because having a child with Down’s doesn’t meet our expectations.
Charles C. Camosy
Charles C. Camosy is a professor of medical humanities at the Creighton University School of Medicine and holds the Monsignor Curran Fellowship in Moral Theology at St. Joseph Seminary in New York. He is the author of eight books, including, most recently, One Church.
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Down syndrome abortions: can liberals and conservatives find common ground?
Discouraging abortion as a response to Down syndrome could be an area of agreement for those who otherwise think very differently about abortion.
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Animals 2.0: A veterinarian and a theologian survey a brave new world of biotechnology.
‘Animal abuse? I don’t look at it that way. It’s not testing cosmetics. It’s trying to save my life.”So says Eileen Youtie, a breast cancer patient who, according to a Dec. 14 report from the Associated Press, is paying more than $30,000 to test various chemotherapy dru