When doctors tell parents their baby has — or is likely to have — a Trisomy condition, it’s a difficult and life-changing moment. For some, it’s the beginning of their heartbreak of losing their child. For others, it’s a hard moment but it’s followed by the joy of their child overcoming the limits that have been put on their lives.
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The 12 reported instances in which service members or dependents were granted additional paid leave to travel out of state for “reproductive health services” cost the taxpayers $44,791.
That may not seem like a lot in the grand scheme of federal funding, but this averages about $3,700 for each of the 12 trips. The cost of an abortion generally is between $500 and $600, so those who used the policy not only received additional paid leave not awarded to other service members but also got an extra $3,000 to pay for airfare, lodging, and meals.
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“Modern societies have a complicated relationship to Down syndrome. On the one hand, poll after poll shows that 90% of women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome for their unborn child abort him or her. On the other, those Down syndrome children who do survive are well cared for and are feted as champions if they have conventionally successful careers.”
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There’s still work to be done. Marriage at both the institutional and individual levels is not perfect. The marriage doomers see the imperfections and have decided to give up. They tell their followers to give up, too. And I get it, it’s easy to become discouraged when things aren’t just right. But when I look at how far we’ve come, I don’t see a failed utopia. I see a story of progress. I see generations of people working, little by little but with great success, to make the world a better place. Which is to say, the story of marriage is not one of doom. It’s a story of hope.
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Simply put, many people lack knowledge and skills of how to date in this frustrating, modern marriage market. The result is a mismatch between young adult aspirations for a healthy, lifelong union and a dating system that can reliably get them to the altar. Those already on the marriage highway are mostly doing well and receiving its benefits, but broken-down marital on-ramps mean fewer and fewer young adults will ever get access to those benefits.
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