There was a very moving piece in the New York Timeson Sunday, written by a mother whose 18-month-old son was born with Tay-Sachs disease and is not likely to see his third birthday. Read more…
October 7, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.
New research on Down syndrome presents an overwhelmingly positive picture of how Down syndrome can affect individuals and families. These findings need to be shared as they will affect decisions made to accept prenatal testing and following a prenatal diagnosis. Read more…
by Jewels Green
Note: Jewels Green is a former abortion clinic worker who also had an abortion herself. She recently spoke out about her experiences as an abortion clinic worker for the first time. Read more…
September 6, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.
Prenatal testing for Down syndrome should not be considered preventive medicine. Such tests cannot prevent the presence of Down syndrome in a child; but they can decrease the likelihood of a child with Down syndrome surviving beyond the womb. Expectant parents need accurate information, including the many positive outcomes, about life raising a child with Down syndrome. Read more…
This is so sad, considering that often these tests are wrong. How do I know? Because I’ve heard stories of people who were told their baby would be downs, but the baby was born perfectly healthy and normal. How many parents have killed their babies thinking they were downs, when they really weren’t? We’ll never know. And how would they feel if they did know? And yet why should the characteristic of being downs make a difference? Read more…
Michael Cook, BioEdge.org
At the moment, 92% of pregnant women who are told that their child has Down syndrome choose a termination. But what if there were a cure? Surprisingly, researchers at Stanford University and the University of California San Diego have suggest that this may be possible. Read more…
Michael Cook, BioEdge.org
Studies have shown that 92% of Down Syndrome babies are aborted in the UK each year, much the same as in the US and Australia. However government statistics show that the number of babies aborted because of Down syndrome was only 436 in 2008 and 2,168 between 2004 and 2008. There seems to be a mismatch. Read more…
Remarks to Phoenix Catholic Physicians’ Guild by Archbishop Chaput of Denver
I want to talk tonight about the kind of people we’re becoming, and what we can do about it. Especially what you can do about it. But it’s always good to start with a few facts before offering an opinion. So that’s what I’ll do.
A number of my friends have children with disabilities. Their problems range from cerebral palsy to Turner’s syndrome to Trisomy 18, which is extremely serious. But I want to focus on one fairly common genetic disability to make my point. I’m referring to Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome. Read more…
Michael Cook Mercatornet.com
Down Syndrome children are disappearing because of the popularity of do-it-yourself eugenics.
The dwarf wedgemussel, the Chittenango ovate amber snail, the Choctawhatchee beach mouse and the frosted flatwoods salamander are among 614 animal species listed as threatened or endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. If Dr Brian Skotko, of Children’s Hospital Boston, has his way, Down Syndrome children should be added to the list. In a recent issue of the journal Archives of Diseases in Childhood he points out that the number of DS children born is declining year by year, at least in developed nations. Read more…
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