A couple in Australia decided to have an abortion at 28 weeks of pregnancy after they learned their unborn child would have a “deformed” left hand.

The woman told a Brisbane, Australia newspaper she was “really, really depressed” after getting the diagnosis that her baby would have a physical disability and she said she would feel guilty about bringing a child into the world with a minor physical “problem.”

“I grew up with many people who were disabled, and… there was discrimination,” the mother told the newspaper. “I didn’t want my child to be discriminated against. The problem is… obvious because it is the fingers, and I think the child would have a very hard life.”

Instead of condemning the abortion, much of the reporting at the newspaper laments that the couple couldn’t have killed their unborn baby sooner — as if destroying the “disabled” baby’s life earlier in pregnancy somehow morally atones for aborting an unborn child over a minor physical issue.

Writing at the National Catholic Register, pro-life writer Matt Archbold says he can relat to the plight of the baby victimized by abortion.

“My sister was born without a left hand, not even a deformed one. And she seems to be doing pretty well for herself. She’s a mother of two and an actress in New York. Is she discriminated against? Sure. To think she should’ve been killed is preposterous to me,” he said.

“This thought that the imperfect life is not worth living is preposterous. Who has the perfect life?” he added.

He continued: