Well, not quite. But this morning the medical minute on my local radio station (Ottawa’s 580 CFRA) was the Mayo Clinic announcing that parents can have tests done even earlier and less invasively for Down Syndrome. It’s effective, they say, 85 per cent of the time and allows parents to prepare and “make decisions.”
Given that we know that 90 per cent of Downs babies are aborted, what do you think “make decisions” means in this case?
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I recall being given this option for testing with my first pregnancy. I declined the test as it was risky and made little difference to me, but what always bothered me was that no information was ever given on support groups or other resources along with the nurse’s government required discloser. I would assume that comes after the test results… I hope.
By lovely contrast, read this: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-perfect-child/article1470176/
Great article, “Then she got to her point. She really wanted to know why I didn’t get prenatal testing.” Assuming that if she had her son wouldn’t be here? Asking that question is basically advocating that we SHOULD abort children with mental differences. Absurd.
I’d get the test. It’d be a double test — if positive then I could prepare myself for having a child like that (read books, talk to other parents, &c.). It’d be a test for the doctor too. If he or she suggests “terminating the pregnancy” then I’d go ahead and terminate my relationship with that doctor and find a new one. I’d rather have a doctor who values life; I’d trust them more.
So 15% of the children aborted are killed even though they don’t have downs syndrome.
I was told there was a 1 in 200 chance the test alone would cause a miscarriage.
If 200,000 children are tested each year, thats 1000 deaths. To see if they should abort.
We never got the testing done.