That's a very sad story. Now what's even harder s that if the baby survives and can function, it may have reduced mental function and I'm sure it can't be easy for slow adults to raise a developmentaly troubled baby.

My fiancé's brother is intelectually impaired and so is his partner of 6 years. Earlier this year on advice from everyone (doctors, social workers, family, etc) she was sterilised as a joint decission (with her consent) was made that it would not be in a child's best interest to be raised by those 2. Whilst I was shocked and a little bothered by the eugenic control, I must say when I thought about it, it is probably for the best. She especially is not able to handle any stress whatsoever and is not able to look after herself without some supervision and he cannot read and can only write his name (much as a 5 year old would) and has the maturity of many 14 year olds so there would be no way the 2 of them could raise a child without at the very least a lot of help and perhaps having a relative or friend move in for at least the 1st couple of years.

On the upside, he's thrilled he's going to be an uncle and I'm sure he'll have a blast holding the baby and playing in supervised conditions so perhaps he can experience a little of that through us.