Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16Erna Albertz is Plough’s online editor and a member of the Bruderhof. She lives with her sister Iris at the Woodcrest community in Rifton, New York. T w o y e a r s a g o , a woman posed a hypothetical scenario to Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist and well-known atheist, tweeting: “I honestly don’t know what I would do if I were pregnant with a kid with Down syndrome. Real ethical dilemma.” Dawkins tweeted back seconds later: “Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.” In the firestorm of outrage that followed, even many of Dawkins’s fellow utilitarians disavowed his hundred-character pronounce- ment. The next day, Dawkins half-apologized Pursuing Happiness How my sister with Down syndrome can help Richard Dawkins boost the sum of human joy E R N A A L B E R T Z