I do think though, that we can agree that the amount of people who abort when they are warned of it is much higher than the percentage of people who are unhappy they got their surprise down syndrome kid?
Is this because people predict accurately whether they’d like a Down kid, or because everyone thinks it’s bad but it’s actually pleasant?
Or some middle ground. Taking all percentages at face value, my first guess is that there is some social pressure to avoid birthing Downs, so people over-abort, and those who do not are defiant because they are quite sure, in the right, that they are totally fine with a Down kid, so they end up with a high rate of happiness. This is compatible with aborting being the right choice for most people.
Rephrase:
Most people are better off aborting the Down.
A few people are not.
The majority sets the social pressure.
People in the grey area default to aborting due to such social pressure.
The non-aborters are thus only those who are sure enough of what they to not follow social pressure.
Thus the non-aborters are a very well selected group of people actually better off with their Down kid.
Is this because people predict accurately whether they’d like a Down kid, or because everyone thinks it’s bad but it’s actually pleasant?
Or some middle ground. Taking all percentages at face value, my first guess is that there is some social pressure to avoid birthing Downs, so people over-abort, and those who do not are defiant because they are quite sure, in the right, that they are totally fine with a Down kid, so they end up with a high rate of happiness. This is compatible with aborting being the right choice for most people.
Rephrase:
Most people are better off aborting the Down.
A few people are not.
The majority sets the social pressure.
People in the grey area default to aborting due to such social pressure.
The non-aborters are thus only those who are sure enough of what they to not follow social pressure.
Thus the non-aborters are a very well selected group of people actually better off with their Down kid.