tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post2902071289212647931..comments2024-03-10T01:35:52.015-06:00Comments on The Chronicles of Ellie Bellie Bear: Defective: Designer Genes and Designer BabiesAnna Theurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06937391910402532608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-56460128854702441862011-09-20T21:08:12.037-05:002011-09-20T21:08:12.037-05:00Oh, how this scares me too! I get mad there is a ...Oh, how this scares me too! I get mad there is a test that specifically targets Down Syndrome...it makes me wonder if people really think it's that bad...WOW, it shocks me!Runningmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248750625897632738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-33704674422391777582011-09-20T20:23:01.438-05:002011-09-20T20:23:01.438-05:00We have to keep praying and keep telling everyone ...We have to keep praying and keep telling everyone we know how precious our children are....extra chromosome or not.lovemy3https://www.blogger.com/profile/17434145151589494680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-3445951321035788432011-09-20T14:04:51.610-05:002011-09-20T14:04:51.610-05:00I'm right there with you on this, Anna. And w...I'm right there with you on this, Anna. And when you think about what's going on in Denmark, where they're *specifically* trying to end the incidence of Ds? Now THAT's scary. I'm hoping that our children, with all of the supports and opportunities available to them, will change more minds, stop these tests from being used for the *wrong* reasons.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963099760885760598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-7624172350192786732011-09-20T08:38:01.372-05:002011-09-20T08:38:01.372-05:00Spot on dear friends. This is a scary time. We a...Spot on dear friends. This is a scary time. We are tinkering with the natural order of things. What will come next? I am terrified.Anna Theurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06937391910402532608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-28527979474576581842011-09-20T07:28:39.282-05:002011-09-20T07:28:39.282-05:00There is so much about this that is so wrong and s...There is so much about this that is so wrong and so scary. This isn't just about our kids anymore, although the current test does seemingly single them out. This is about playing God, mother nature, fate or whatever it is each person believes in. This is about the elimination of millions of people for small, tiny "defects". I am not sure I know anyone who would qualify as perfectly made and perfectly healthy. Honestly, where will it stop? Cancer? Depression? Obesity? I have psoriatic arthritis which some day could render me disabled...should I have been terminated? Oh it just scares me. The potential that this opens the door for is unimaginable.:-(Elissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820054666138725935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-66950657818994210262011-09-20T03:36:24.821-05:002011-09-20T03:36:24.821-05:00This is why we need to shout! we need to shout to ...This is why we need to shout! we need to shout to all that do not know about how wonderful our children are regardless of extra, deleted or realigned chromosomes! what are we using as our measuring stick for worthwhile? the ability to achieve the high powered job, the fast car. the big house...the material yardstick. or perhaps the slimmest, the most fashionable the ost beautiful as defined by celbrity and magazines...the skin deep yardstick! well what about the ability to love to see wonder and magic, to achieve personal bests wherever they may fall on the scale of 'normal'. This worlds obsession withmythical normal is terrifying and isolating forthose who do not fit,for beautiful ellie for my gorgeous tilly! people need to open their eyesand realsise their view hasbeen blinkered by normal and life is so uch richer than they ever imagined! anna to you and every other other blogging about the magic of our extra special children i giveahuge shout of well-done to. people need to stop being sadfor us, to stop saying,'oh what a shame', tostop asking how our children are with a sad tone and iclined pitying face!my childrenareawesome, all of themand normal is a myth! i LOVE MY LIFE!! lets kick the butt of any future that deems it tragic and in need of arradication! choice is one thing but unbalanced viewpoints and advice in a world where the majority have no idea of the magic of our lives is something totally different! uninformed choices in a blinkered world are the only thing that should be iradicated! Lovethis postxxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648229748088235109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704406957662088168.post-27425999647516681872011-09-19T21:25:08.011-05:002011-09-19T21:25:08.011-05:00This whole topic scares me as well! I think I am ...This whole topic scares me as well! I think I am just going to pray pray pray and share as much as I can about this and our kids!Ilisa Ailtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417351960030303677noreply@blogger.com