Nov 16 2008
Wrongful Life?
I’ve been thinking about wrongful life suits lately. These are the lawsuits that parents bring against doctors who didn’t do every test possible to determine which disability a fetus might have. These parents publicly tell a court of law that they wouldn’t want their kid if they knew they would have whatever disability he or she does! I’m sorry, but what? I may not have kids yet, although I definitely want them someday, but I thought the deal with parenthood was to love your kids no matter what. Not, I suppose, according to some people’s standards.
Personally, I feel sorry for all of those people’s kids- disabled and non-disabled alike. I wonder what it’s like to know that your parents don’t love you regardless. I’m glad I never had to live with person like that. In fact, that’s why my parents got divorced. My mother may not like it that I’m disabled, but she accepts it; she even accepts that I wouldn’t change it (although she doesn’t get why). My father, however, has never accepted my disability and tends to be really hateful to me. I don’t speak to him anymore, because he’s a toxic person.
