# Should women abort a clearly defective fetus?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 10, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-abort-a-clearly-defective-fetus/695273 "2014-08-10T23:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-abort-a-clearly-defective-fetus/695273/60 "2014-08-14T01:09:48Z")

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> [@DingoelGringo](#):
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> Have you ever known any one with Down’s syndrome? I would assume you haven’t. My sister has Down’s and is the sweetest person on earth. I am sure you are much more defective than she is. Abort yourself retroactively.

That one’s worth a warning.

DingoelGringo, regardless of circumstance, you may not directly insult another poster on the SDMB. Don’t do it again.

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