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Show contestant Nancy Rodriguez’s cruel remarks prompted a backlash on social media among families who have children with Down syndrome.
The popular Netflix show Love Is Blind featured a candid conversation about abortion last week as one participant in the reality dating series told her fiancé that she would “try again” if she found she had an unborn child with a “birth defect” like Down syndrome.
Nancy Rodriguez, a speech pathologist who works with children with Down syndrome, told her fiancé Bartise Bowden that her work was “so sad that I would cry every day. A lot of the time, even just with Down syndrome, there are so many complications — medical and also learning complications — and I see the amount of trauma that it does to the family."
"Women who wait till 37, 38, even 36 and then their kids have birth defects," Rodriguez said to Bowden about starting a family. Bowden told Rodriguez that his mother had him at 36 and she replied, “Thank God your mom was fine at 36, but what would you do if you did find out that your child had a birth defect and you could abort the pregnancy? Do you want to keep the baby?"
"It could be boy-girl, it could be transgender — they could do whatever,” he replied. “I just want to love that kid no matter what.”
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Love for Kids With Down Syndrome Turns Cold on Netflix Show ‘Love Is Blind’
The popular Netflix show Love Is Blind featured a candid conversation about abortion last week as one participant in the reality dating series told her fiancé that she would “try again” if she found she had an unborn child with a “birth defect” like Down syndrome.
Nancy Rodriguez, a speech pathologist who works with children with Down syndrome, told her fiancé Bartise Bowden that her work was “so sad that I would cry every day. A lot of the time, even just with Down syndrome, there are so many complications — medical and also learning complications — and I see the amount of trauma that it does to the family."
"Women who wait till 37, 38, even 36 and then their kids have birth defects," Rodriguez said to Bowden about starting a family. Bowden told Rodriguez that his mother had him at 36 and she replied, “Thank God your mom was fine at 36, but what would you do if you did find out that your child had a birth defect and you could abort the pregnancy? Do you want to keep the baby?"
"It could be boy-girl, it could be transgender — they could do whatever,” he replied. “I just want to love that kid no matter what.”
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Love for Kids With Down Syndrome Turns Cold on Netflix Show ‘Love Is Blind’
