Disabled people shouldn’t have children, says abortion advocate

Abortion advocate Joseph Fletcher:

“People who carry genetic disease should be prevented from having children. We ought, in conscience, to have a humane minimum standard of reproduction, not blindly accepting the outcome of every conception. And we ought to act on our genetic information to prevent the birth of children below that minimum.”

Bioethicist Joseph Fletcher, during his address of the second national Symposium on Genetics and Law, held in May of 1979 in Boston and sponsored by the March of Dimes.

This is an old quote, but it shows that the eugenics movement has existed in our country for some time. Read more quotes about abortion in cases of disability.