A world with no more Down syndrome?
September 18th, 2009In The Checkup blog for the Washington Post, Jennifer LaRue Huget cites a recent article by Dr. Brian Skotko and asks, “What would the world be like if there were no more people with Down syndrome?”
Huget says Skotko’s observations in the Archives of Disease in Childhood resonate beyond just one genetic condition. Skotko explored the impact of prenatal screening and selective termination on the number of babies born with Down syndrome, and called for a public conversation about the ethics of selective termination.
Commenters to the Post site were divided, with some writing that their children with Down syndrome had enriched their lives and others defending the right of women to selectively terminate without outside influence or intervention.
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