Ken Connor, a trial lawyer who represented Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case, writes on townhall.com in support of S. 1810, the Prenatally and Postnally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act co-sponsored by Sens. Sam Brownback and Ted Kennedy. The bill would assure that up-to-date and accurate information about disabilities would be offered to parents who receive a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome or other conditions.

… have we become so soft and so self-centered that we can’t bear the burden of providing for those less fortunate than ourselves? Are we unwilling to learn the life lessons that come from serving the weak and frail and the handicapped? Have we come to the point where we seek only our own comfort and our own pleasure rather than the good of others? Is there no room in our society for those who are counted among the least of our brethren?

Only time will tell. But in the meantime, Brownback’s and Kennedy’s bill seeks to dispel the myths associated with disabilities and to let parents of handicapped children know that they are not alone.

There were times in America’s past when neither blacks nor women were regarded as full fledged members of the human family. As a result, they too were deprived of the full panoply of rights endowed by the Creator to those created in his image. Those were not the best of times in America’s history. Thankfully, however, there were other times when Americans were willing to pay the price to see to it that both blacks and women received the protections they were entitled to by virtue of their humanity. Will we be willing to pay such a price for the unborn and the handicapped in our time? Again, only time will tell.

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