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(02-06-2015 01:31 PM)CactusCat589 Wrote:  

Aren't there ways to tell if the kid has down syndrome while it's still a fetus? Then you can abort without having to wait 9 months?

In the US they test for Down's a couple times routinely during pregnancy, 1st trimester and again at around 20 weeks. If you're in the US and you give birth to a kid with Down's, the doctors all know well before the birth happens.

I read the story and saw this was in Armenia so I have no idea what the prenatal care would have been. Apparently standard practice is to send these kids to an orphanage?

Down's is a shit sandwich to get dealt. 99% of Down's kids are mentally retarded. Life expectancy now is 50's, maybe 60's, but if you live that long you're extremely likely to end up with dementia and congenital heart problems. The guy is trying to do the honorable thing, but fuck, it's not just 20 years, he's going to be taking care of this kid the rest of his life.