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Down’s Syndrome unborn up; Down’s Syndrome born down
Oh, this is just completely disgusting to think about.
Women who delay motherhood have led to a sharp rise in the number of babies diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome over the past 20 years.
Records show a 71 per cent increase in cases detected in the womb – up from 1,075 in 1989/90 to 1,843 in 2007/8.
But the rate of infants actually born with Down’s has fallen slightly over the same period owing to improved testing and subsequent abortions.
The proportion of couples diagnosed with a Down’s pregnancy who decided to terminate has remained constant at 92 per cent.
But the actual number of abortions has risen because more babies are now being diagnosed with Down’s, the study showed.
The authors concluded: ‘Increases in maternal age would have caused a 48 per cent increase in births with Down’s Syndrome in the absence of terminations between 1989/91 and 2005/7.
‘However, terminations of Down’s pregnancies due to an increase and improvements in antenatal screening have caused the number of live births with Down’s remain constant.’
Dakota’s Pride
On my Christmas post I put up a YouTube video of people with Down’s Syndrome singing and signing the song ‘Let There Be Peace on Earth’. At the bottom right hand side of the video it says Dakota’s Pride. I decided to find out what that was.
I was very happy to find out that this is the name of a documentary about Down’s Syndrome.
Dakota’s Pride is a heartwarming documentary about a father’s search for the truth about Down Syndrome. Tough questions are posed to and answered by a noted Harvard Physician, and parents of children with Down Syndrome. The answers are surprising and inspiring. In addition to being informative, this documentary celebrates the successes that have been and can be achieved by individuals with Down Syndrome.
Dakota’s Pride has been aired on PBS and is a must see for anyone. This family friendly director’s cut has 45 minutes of bonus track footage and ten extra minutes of running time.
It is a shame that over 90% of babies with Down’s Syndrome are aborted. They can offer us so much. However, in our world that must be perfect, there isn’t any more room in the Inn.
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