Asking if it is ok to abort a child who you know will be born with a horrible handicap is the same thing as asking if you can abort a two year old with a terrible handicap. A human person’s value does not change because of handicap or age. Abortion is never a necessary evil, it is just plain evil.
If a fetus is merely part of a woman’s body….
If a fetus is merely part of a woman’s body and not a unique and separate human being, then abortion is nothing more than elective amputation. Why should the tax payers have to pay for a woman to have elective amputation? Do we pay for mole removal? Do we pay for haircuts? These are vanity and convenience procedures, and should not be funded by our government. Unless of course the fetus is more than just part of her body….