“There is no evidence that the handicapped child would rather not go on living. As a matter of fact, handicapped persons commit suicide far less often than normal persons. An interesting study was done at the Ana Stift in Hanover, Germany, a center where a large number of children with phocomelia, due to thalidomide are cared for. Psychological testing on these children indicated that they do indeed value their lives, that they are glad that they were born, and that they look forward to the future with hope and pleasant anticipation.”
Eugene F. Diamond, MD
Eugene F. Diamond MD “The Deformed Child’s Right to Life” in Death, Dying and Euthanasia, Dennis J. Horan and David Mall, eds (Washington DC: University Publications of America, 1977) 133 quoted in Francis J. Beckwith “Politically Correct Death: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights” (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1993)
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