“if able-bodied society were to accept that those with disabilities are equal human beings with rights, they would also have to abandon the notion that screening and abortion are benefits to society, and that the earlier a handicapped person is killed off the better for all concerned.” (Alison Davis 1987, p. 287)
“the decision to abort a fetus may well be grounded in the insight that the forms of social and economic support needed to make that life livable are lacking.” (Judith Butler 2009, p 22) Continue reading “Disability and the right to life”