i’m not in this situation, just asking because i am a disabled person in disability activism spaces online and i am curious.
there is a lot of talk of eugenics, and i believe that eugenics are inherently bad and that eugenics are an issue for the disabled community. however i am also fully pro-choice for abortions, so if someone has a genetic disability and knows their child would be likely to have their disability, and they don’t want to put their child through that, so they get an abortion, is this ableist or eugenics?
thank you for running this blog by the way! take care of yourself please <3
It always matters the intent of the person.
Whenever it comes to just not wanting to have a child that can have a disability, and the person carrying the pregnancy gets an abortion for reasons such as them believing they don't want their child to struggle, they don't have the means to provide for a disabled child, or they simply don't want a child in general, that isn't ableism or eugenics.
If the pregnancy is terminated simply for the fact they do not think a disabled child has rights to live and/or think there should be less disabled people in the world, that falls into ableism and eugenics.
In the end, no one can control who gets an abortion, and no one should, though reasoning can still make one ableist or not.
