Whoa! Polygamist solution is frightening...

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by Newman

2 Points

1. What do you think the rate of birth defects are in the general population?

2. Who is taking care of these special needs children now? Do you think anyone will take care of them as well as their own mothers? Really?

And so we stand by and let them produce more special needs children? Brittle bone disease is not that common.

We also have laws in this country about how closely you can be related to someone and still marry them. Those laws were put in place for reasons such as this.

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

And so we stand by and let them produce more special needs children? Brittle bone disease is not that common.

We also have laws in this country about how closely you can be related to someone and still marry them. Those laws were put in place for reasons such as this.

In all fairness, if we suggest that people stop having children to prevent the occurance of special needs children, that eliminates so many from ever having children, especially those who are carriers of diseases that are devastating, like muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, Huntington's Chorea, and several more, not to mention those with a history of cancers and heart diseases and diabetes, where it's more likely than not that their offspring will inherit those genes, many of which will make them 'special needs children'.