The Eugenicists

in the bioethics community have so twisted public opinion into accepting killing of the disabled, those parents who dare go against the "wisdom" of this sick community are considered selfish, or even "outlaws."

I really believe disability rights is going to be the next great civil rights movement if for no other reason that the aging baby boom generation will be facing many of the same issues that the so-called "crip" community faces.

Of course, the ONLY reason bioethics has gained so much (terrifying) traction is because of the aging of the population and the desire by the health care establishment to control costs. What better way to control costs than to decide who lives and who dies, all the while couching medical killing as a "freedom of choice" or "privacy" issue?

A snip from the article:

This emerging public consensus in favor of eugenics is not the product of any sort of reasoned debate. There has been no referendum, no debate in Congress, no move to amend the Constitution. It's emerging from the collective force of countless decisions by loving and caring mothers and fathers, in consultation with conscientious medical professionals who are using the truly miraculous and astonishing discoveries of brilliant scientists plunging deeper and deeper into the mysteries of life. These people are not intentionally practicing eugenics in order to create a perfect master race. They are simply trying to alleviate potential suffering and protect the quality of the lives they are bringing into the world.

But it is time for us to acknowledge the collective effect of these private decisions. Do we truly endorse the implicit message we are sending to our disabled brothers and sisters—that our commitment to diversity does not extend to genetic diversity? We need to confront the disconnect between how we see ourselves—as an enlightened, liberal society committed to fully integrating people with disabilities in all sectors of life—and how people living with the disabilities we would identify for extinction must see us.

Who determines what "suffering" is? Who determines what "quality of life" is? The assholes in the bioethics community, that's who.

This is justification for discrimination on the basis of disability in the most outrageous form.