Circus Freaks

Y’all know I gets my CSI on!!! Last night was no different. But this episode had me twisted because I got to thinking how I’d behave in a similar situation. Let me give you a brief synopsis. A set of twins was born with some disease that causes super hair growth. It was a boy and girl. The boy only had a little hair. Actually, he had a fur coat but it wasn’t covering his face. So he could walk among people, so long as he had on pants and long sleeves. But his sister, she was a different story. Everything except her lips and eye-lids were covered with a thick coat of hair. Oh and did I mention they both shed hair like dogs?

As a result of the girl’s super hairiness, she never went to school. She only stayed in the house. At 18, the mother (the father’d left) decided she’d had enough. She faked her own death and the girl’s brother cared for her. She lived in a hidden room in his house.

We’re all of child-bearing age. And some of us already have kids. But what would you do if your kid was a born with some obvious ‘defect’?? What if you knew early in the pregnancy? Would you end it?? Or would you prepare your life to raise a child with a physical defect?? What about a mental one?? What if you found out your child would have Down Syndrome?? What if the affliction was such that a child could go to school but s/he’d have a very hard time?? Would you have the child anyway??

I am anti-abortion for ME. But pro-abortion as an option for others. But when I know my child’s behind the 8-ball before they even exit twat, I get a little shakey on my firm ‘anti-abortion’ for me stance. They say God doesn’t make mistakes. However! Being a kid is hard. Being the kid that gets picked on is harder. Being a parent is hard. Being a parent of a special needs child is harder–especially if you already have the experiences of raising ‘normal’ kids. And I just don’t know. I don’t want to just out-right say, “Rip the little monster out of me.” But I think the husband and I would have some serious thinking to do before we made a decision.

Would you have children with someone who you know might have the genetic make-up to cause issues for your children??

We’re starting to go to a world where parents are wanting designer children. Remember in the comments a few days ago (in the Brenda post) where I commented about parents going to a Burger King of genetics. Sadly, I think that’s where we’re going. We talk a lot about how attractiveness plays a role in day-to-day life. So it’s not wonder that people are trying to ensure their children start out with points for attractiveness.

What I fear though, is that if we allow people to abort based on unsatisfactory physical attributes, how long will it be bfore parents are aborting kids because they won’t come out tall enough, blonde enough, smart enough?