Downs babies: a video worth watching…

Some commentary on the BBC show, “A world without Down’s?”

No, not from me. I know very little about the medical condition itself and about the great care that the relatives and carers of Down’s patients provide on a regular basis. However, I am aware of the movement against the eugenics targeting Down’s sufferers and the fight to provide for the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. This is, of course, central to the mission of the Catholic Church, although it is a more general struggle also among all men and women of good will.

But more from the Catholic Herald:

“…it is futile to predict what the future will hold for the child you are carrying, or how you will respond when they are born, so the most natural thing (rather than the invasive and eugenic response) is to let nature take its course. The pressures of modern society won’t let us do this. Ignorance is not necessarily bliss, but it can sometimes trigger a more humane response, as in the mother who once said to me, “If I had known my little boy had Down’s before he was born, I would probably have aborted him – but now (gazing at her cheeky 2-year-old in a pair of too-large jeans) it would be unthinkable.””

The show itself is briefly available to view on the BBC iPlayer here.