We've entered Bizarro-Jezebel. I'll be avoiding Saturday night commenters in the future.

How old are you? Are you a native English speaker?

Child, it's science. It's biology. Now stop being so lazy. And stop embarrassing yourself.

Jesus, you sound like those conservative state legislature freaks who insist that women are so dumb, that doctors need to read a script full of falsehoods before they're allowed to get an abortion. Or those sidewalk "counselors" who believe women need to be screamed and cursed at on their way into an abortion clinic.

I'm not your mother or your teacher, though I did kindly point you in the right direction. If you can't find the answer on your own or with the help of someone who cares, then you're too dumb to live.

Agree with everything you said, plus: Who do these crazy commenters think is going to care for and pay for a special needs child? There is effectively no middle-class left in the US, and very poor social services programs. Heck, in what 20 states, there's no guaranteed medical insurance for a child with extreme…

Don't be stupid.

So you don't know anything about how the birth and care of a Down Syndrome baby affects parents and any other siblings on an emotional, financial and practical level. Figured as much.

Then regulate the ever-living shit out of it. But don't support and expand governmental control of women's bodies.

There are a lot of really terrible people in this thread. For your own sake, you should probably get out.

You're far and away one of the most thoughtful commenters here, so let me ask you this: What's wrong with paid surrogacy? I feel that unpaid surrogacy is potentially abusive, unless a female relative, for example, volunteers to do it. Why shouldn't surrogates be compensated for the risks they take? I feel like this…

+1,000,000

I suspect that most of the only-monsters-abort-Down-Syndrome-fetuses don't know jack shit about the financial, emotional, medical and care-taking realities of raising a child with Down Syndrome.

I can't help but feel that your imaginary, hypothetical situation has nothing to do with the reality that this couple was actually facing.

THANK YOU!

Go back to the 19th century, Father Roni, when women were slaves to biology. Hell, go back to 1950, before the invention of the pill. Most of the kids in my Catholic school had 11, 12 or 13 siblings. That's not a healthy family situation for anyone involved.

There should be legal paperwork to that effect. That's the million-dollar comment. I think paid, regulated surrogacy should be legal in the US, for the sake of needy would-be parents and financially needy women. But both parties need excellent contracts covering all eventualities.

One of the most intelligent and likely experienced comments in this thread — thank you. They are too many naive, ignorant, judgmental voices here.

Thank you for your rational comments. This is a sad and difficult situation for all involved; unfortunately it's brought out a lot of ignorant, naive and/or judgmental-as-fuck commenters.

Spoken like someone who is not the parent of a Down Syndrome child in the US.