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wrongful birth lawsuits
When it comes to abortion, arguments I’ve heard from the religious right reflect sentiments given by disability activists.When I first came across this article, I at first thought it was a secular consideration of wrongful birth lawsuits from a disability rights perspective. The article states,
“Throughout the world, children are dehumanized and treated as accessories in the lives of adults. With contraception, children are conceived when it is convenient for their parents. Abortion allows for “defective” children to be destroyed so that their parents do not have to deal with sickness and disabilities... When having a baby becomes an exercise in consumerism, it is not surprising that parents want some sort of money-back guarantee. When a purchased product does not meet the specifications that were ordered, we send it back and ask for a refund. “Wrongful birth” lawsuits are compensation for a “defective” purchase. “Wrongful life” lawsuits claim that disabled children are manufacturing mistakes. They should never have happened in the first place. Such thinking strips children of their human dignity and debases their parents.”
This displays a hard take on abortion of Disabled babies as well as lawsuits that portray Disabled babies that have been born as mistakes requiring compensation. In my opinion, these lawsuits reflect an ableist society and do nothing to correct ableist systems in place that motivate parents to give up on, not want, and sometimes even kill their Disabled children.
Later the article states,
“Secular culture judges children by their usefulness to their parents. Such conditional love breeds distrust and insecurity. This socially destructive view must be countered with a culture of life that accepts the vocational nature of parenthood. Parents are called by God to be stewards of the specific human life given to them.  Every child, no matter the state of his health, is conceived in the image of God. Every child also comes with his own set of challenges. There is no denying that some of these challenges are daunting.  However, if God calls us to a task He will not abandon us. His grace will see us through if we have faith enough to trust.”
Capitalism judges Disabled (and any) bodies by their usefulness. ableism rests on conditional love. This is not a religious/secular issue, because the religious jargon that follows the first statements are just as ableist as those prior. Considering Disabled children through a God lens turns them into objects of inspiration and subjects of collective martyrdom. Parents, medical professionals and others wit this view are often self-righteous in their caring for Disabled children. The religious view also sees disability as a personal challenge to be overcome not by the Disabled person necessarily, but also by those close to them. Thinking this way is very harmful in addition to considering Disabled bodies unworthy of living.
