Jay Evensen: A message bill about the value of a child with Down syndrome

SALT LAKE CITY — Arguments over abortion laws tend to teeter on the edge of the legal moment when a fetus becomes a human being capable of independent survival, worthy of sympathy and eligible for rights.
It's a rather arbitrary legal measurement, at best. But the sympathy part becomes especially tricky when you're face-to-face with the parent of a child who has Down syndrome.
Utah lawmakers are hoping to turn that natural sympathy into law. Their efforts may be more a message than anythin