Response to "abortion and assent" by Rosamond Rhodes (CQ Vol 8, No 4) and "abortion, disability, assent, and consent" by Matti Häyry (CQ Vol 10, No 1). Assent and selective abortion: a response to Rhodes and Häyry.

Abstract

It is now a widely shared opinion in the Western countries that a child's disability would probably place an unexpected burden on her parents, a burden that the parents have not committed themselves to dealing with. A child with a physical or mental disability is not, so to speak, a part of the package the parents ordered. This line of reasoning has recently been supported by Rosamond Rhodes in her article “Abortion and Assent.”