{"id":89018,"date":"2016-03-01T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=89018"},"modified":"2016-02-29T20:33:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T01:33:56","slug":"disabled-animals-spared-from-slaughter-why-not-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/disabled-animals-spared-from-slaughter-why-not-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled animals are spared from slaughter – why not babies?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the abortion culture continues to target humans with disabilities for a torturous death, that same culture lavishes large amounts of compassion on disabled animals. A\u00a0blind steer in Texas, once scheduled for slaughter after\u00a0being auctioned in Texas at the Fort Worth Stock Show\u2019s Sale of Champions,\u00a0has received a reprieve after activists spoke out. The steer’s story struck a nerve<\/a> among animal rights activists, vegans and others, with the Fort Worth Star Telegraph reporting<\/a>\u00a0that “activists took to social media<\/a> in an effort to rescue the steer, [while] Oatmeal waited at a feedlot in South Texas.”<\/p>\n

One supporter commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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That poor steer. He trusted humans his entire life, and now, trustingly, he will go with them and be led to his death. How very sad.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I am an animal lover and I understand the compassion toward this animal. But what I cannot understand is the complete disconnect many in society have when it comes to\u00a0disabled human beings, especially when preborn.<\/p>\n

One of the most mentioned reasons for keeping abortion legal\u00a0in America is for “fetal abnormality” or “fetal anomaly.” In America, a child with medical issues is automatically viewed as\u00a0less valuable – more easily disposed of –\u00a0than a so-called healthy one. Sadly, this idea was introduced<\/a> by many American churches<\/em> whose abortion resolutions led the way for the language which was later written into the Roe v. Wade<\/em> abortion decision. Today, many of those religious institutions have reversed their stances,\u00a0but\u00a0the damage has already been\u00a0done.<\/p>\n

Today, preborn children with disabilities are some of the most vulnerable children in the United States. Medical personnel are frequently reported as attempting to pressure pregnant mothers into aborting these children\u00a0(children like Brianna<\/a>, Titus<\/a>, Easton<\/a>, Jaxon<\/a>, Rachel<\/a>, and many more). In some\u00a0cases, the diagnosis rendered is not as horrific as expectant mothers\u00a0are led to believe. But, even when the diagnosis proves tragic, what\u00a0gives us the right to devalue that life and send the child to slaughter?<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, this kind of inhumane targeting is not reserved only for preborn children in the womb. In fact, because of the way we view children with disabilities, they remain vulnerable even after they are born and even when they are wanted by their parents.<\/p>\n

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Simon inspired Simon’s Law<\/p><\/div>\n

Simon Crosier was labeled by the medical establishment as \u201cincompatible with life\u201d after he was born with Trisomy 18. His mother, Sheryl, said doctors encouraged her to have an abortion when her 20-week ultrasound revealed that their unborn son might have a cleft lip. She refused. Simon lived 88 \u00bd days after his birth, passing away on December 3, 2010. It was only after reviewing his medical records that Simon’s parents learned that health care workers refused to medically treat him as any other child.<\/p>\n

Sheryl Crosier warns parents that this could happen to any child at any age\u00a0–\u00a0a child could fall off a bicycle and hit his\u00a0head or end up in the ICU after a car accident and still be at risk. “Are you going to allow your physician that you met for the first time to determine the value of your child?” she asks. “Or do you want to be the one making their medical decisions? Parents need to realize their parental rights can be taken away and violated.”<\/p>\n