So if your kid became blind, what then? If he had meningitis and a slow recovery, what then? I just don't get it. Life is always going to throw you a curveball, there are healthy people who play college sports but then develop schizophrenia or drug addiction and end up homeless or reliant on their parents forever. Google Todd Marinovich. You can't control for health or success, not really. There are too many variables. I struggle with the idea that people abort babies who could be happy, have friendships etc. That's really the thing for me: Down syndrome kids & adults connect with people, they add value to others' lives as friends, they communicate really well and they can work unskilled jobs. It's not like bringing a baby to term who will only know pain, who will never communicate and will be dead by 2 after a short, miserable life. That's the difference for me. It's a mostly functional person, more than some non-disabled people who fuck their own lives up with addictions etc. They deserve some shot at having a life.