Are Abortions dismissive?

Disabled people are constantly dismissed from society. They are ignored and people always refrain from making them the topic of conversation. In Laura Hershey's essay "Choosing Disability, she states that the procedure Abortions is an escape from disability. She feels that one of the primary reasons why Abortions are performed is to escape from the "burden" that come with disabled people. This idea is presented under specific circumstances. These circumstances are that if the doctor in charge of the baby's prenatal care feels as if there is a high chance that the baby will be born with some type of mental/physical disability, one of the common options presented by the doctor is to abort the child. The reason behind this harsh decision is that the baby will suffer with the disability throughout his/her life. Therefore, to prevent this suffrage, it is recommended that the child's life is terminated. However, in Laura's point of view, she feels that this is just a cover up that doctors use to impair people's judgment. She feels as if the doctors tell people this reason because they feel as if to maintain or make a disabled persons life requires much more time,money and effort. However, what gives the doctor the right to decide whether or not a disabled person deserves the right to live. Laura also uses the word "disabiliphobia" which is used to describe people with the fear of disabilities. Many people do suffer from this phobia and disabled people are victims of this.