Deborah Kendrick is a mother who is blind due to a rare form of cancer that strikes in childhood and is hereditary. A doctor expressed sorrow that a prenatal test to determine whether the baby was susceptible to cancer had not yet been perfected. In the article “Life-And-Death Decisions Are Made to Easily” Kendrick speaks out against eugenic abortion. At the end of the article, she says:
“If my position on these issues seems uncharacteristic of other opinions expressed in this column, well, maybe it’s because it’s so personal. Had the tests been available when my mother was pregnant with me, I might not be here.
My daughter is the light of my life. She doesn’t know, unless she reads this, the Dr. once told me that her birth shouldn’t happen.”
Columbus Dispatch, January 22, 2006
