English writer, “scientist,” and all-around dirtball Richard Dawkins has argued that “any fetus is less human than an adult pig,” though he did concede that that doesn’t mean a human “fetus gets zero weight.” Unless, apparently, that human fetus has tested positive for Down syndrome:
Ireland is a civilised country except in this 1 area:http://t.co/i2PqFf6fYL You'd think the Roman Church would have lost all influence.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 20, 2014
@RichardDawkins 994 human beings with Down's Syndrome deliberately killed before birth in England and Wales in 2012. Is that civilised?
— Aidan McCourt (@AidanMcCourt) August 20, 2014
.@AidanMcCourt Yes, it is very civilised. These are fetuses, diagnosed before they have human feelings.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 20, 2014
@RichardDawkins @AidanMcCourt I honestly don't know what I would do if I were pregnant with a kid with Down Syndrome. Real ethical dilemma.
— InYourFaceNewYorker (@InYourFaceNYer) August 20, 2014
@InYourFaceNYer Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 20, 2014
This is a man who wouldn’t think twice about aborting a disabled child — or “it,” as he says. Who is he to lecture anyone on morality?
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/502118672316370944
Sick RT @politicalmath It is immoral to bring a DS baby into the world when you could abort it, says @RichardDawkins https://t.co/nQbx9qgUtG
— stormageddon (@LouBiggs) August 20, 2014
awful… RT @KevinWGlass: Richard Dawkins advocates aborting all babies with Down Syndrome https://t.co/nNRwo1nzWP
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) August 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/502117888728530945
@SethAMandel I guess in @RichardDawkins' mind there isn't enough callous disregard for human dignity going on at the moment?
— Megan Ritter Judt (@MeganRitter) August 20, 2014
Woahhhh. Richard Dawkins really doesn't seem like a good human being. The big wanker.
— RTB (@RichardTheBurns) August 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/dclayanderson/status/502120864897597441
https://twitter.com/thetommorrissey/status/502120857016496130
Richard Dawkins really is a horrendous excuse for a human being, isn't he?
— MB (@HannibalPearce2) August 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/MaxWindCowie/status/502113070488244224
Psycho says it's immoral to have a child with Down Syndrome when you can abort them. Un-fucking-believable. https://t.co/LERrTxC4Io
— Whatever (@DRussell76) August 20, 2014
We live in a broken world where one can say having a disabled child is “immoral” & aborting that child is righteous. https://t.co/AAKmw2vwE7
— David Seawright (@DavidSeawright) August 20, 2014
Ironic that Dawkins fancies himself a judge of the value of someone’s life when his entire existence amounts to little more than being a moral cockroach.
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/502107021198757888
@seanhackbarth @EdMorrissey @SethAMandel @RichardDawkins
My wife & I have a daughter born w/ arthrogryposis. Want to meet her, Richard?— Diddley Squat (@Diddley_Squat) August 20, 2014
.@RichardDawkins I have a cousin with Down Syndrome who is one of the most lovable and life-loving kids I know. Your tweet sickens me.
— Ashley (@ashleythetexan) August 20, 2014
@politicalmath That's sick. I have friends who had a DS child and then adopted another one. Sweetest girls ever. @RichardDawkins
— Snowed In (@snowed_in) August 20, 2014
On behalf of thousands of ppl who live w/Down Syn & are loved for who they are, allow me to say, "you are an evil scumbag." @RichardDawkins
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) August 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/502122558477836289
@RichardDawkins I'll pray for you, dude
— Darius Quebec (@ksej) August 20, 2014
He’s gonna need it.
Editor’s note: The title of this post has been changed from “‘Abort it and try again’: ‘Revolting’ Richard Dawkins on unborn Down syndrome babies” to “‘Abort it and try again’: ‘Revolting’ Richard Dawkins on unborn babies with Down syndrome.”
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