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		<title>Abortion of surrogate fetus with DS sparks ethics debate</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/10/14/surrogate-abortio-30294/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctor says Canadian bio-parents demanded termination; Surrogate mom refused, then relented &#8216;Should the rules of commerce apply to the creation of children?&#8217; From the Vancouver Sun, [UK] Daily Mail: A Canadian surrogate mother reluctantly terminated her pregnancy at the insistence of the fetus&#8217; biological parents after it was learned that the fetus had an elevated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian state sees tripling of DS-related abortions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Melbourne, Australia, Herald Sun: Health Department officials in the Australian state of Victoria report that the number of women who terminated their pregnancies after receiving a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome almost tripled in the decade ending in 2006. Government figures showed 146 abortions for Down syndrome in 2006, including five late term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Daughter is &#8216;worth every tear&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum, former Republican senator from Pennsylvania and Fox News contributor, celebrates his daughter&#8217;s second birthday with an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Isabella has Trisomy 18, and has survived despite the dire predictions of doctors and experts. Santorum says Bella&#8217;s life may not be long, but &#8220;she is worth every tear.&#8221; An excerpt: Being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ne&#8217;eman nomination blocked; Autism views spark controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: A parliamentary hold has been placed on the nomination of autism self-advocate Ari Ne&#8217;eman to the National Council on Disability amid a growing controversy about his views. President Obama&#8217;s seven other nominees to the council were confirmed by the Senate this month. Ne&#8217;eman, 22, has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: &#8216;Disability-free world may not be a better place&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/19/opinion-disability-free-world-28323/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthur Caplan, writing at MSNBC.com, reacts to a report by the Associated Press that genetic testing is leading to the birth of fewer and fewer children with Down syndrome and other genetic diseases in the United States. An excerpt: On a trip to Ireland a few years ago, I was struck by a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists: Testing curbs some genetic diseases</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/18/scientists-testing-genetic-diseases-28277/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carrier screening, embryo screening and prenatal testing are credited Hot-button issues: Abortion, embryo destruction and eugenics By Marilynn Marchione, AP/USA Today: An investigation by the Associated Press concludes that some inherited diseases are declining and others have nearly disappeared, a trend that is credited to the increased use of genetic testing either before or after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One mom&#8217;s view: There&#8217;s no such thing as a perfect child</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/17/moms-view-perfect-child-28188/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an essay that&#8217;s in the most-viewed spot at the [Toronto] Globe and Mail&#8216;s website, Edmonton mom Sue Robins says she felt as though she&#8217;d been slapped when a fellow preschool mom asked her why she didn&#8217;t get prenatal testing. Robins&#8217; son, Aaron, has Down syndrome. After escaping to her car, Robins burst into tears. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequenom settles lawsuit for $14 million plus stock</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/19/sequenom-settles-lawsuit-27224/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union-Tribune, ABC News, Reuters: Sequenom, a diagnostics testing and genetic analysis company, has announced it will pay $14 million and an undisclosed amount in stock to settle an investor class-action lawsuit over mishandling of data in the development of a potentially lucrative prenatal test for Down syndrome. The company did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;A future without Down syndrome?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/11/afuture-down-syndrome-27119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dana Goldstein, an associate editor at the Daily Beast, says improved prenatal testing could well reduce the number of secular, educated families who have children with Down syndrome. She interviews parents of kids with DS, who say they hope that doesn&#8217;t happen. An excerpt: Rachel Adams [a professor of English and American studies at Columbia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;To us, she was Emily&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/09/emily-27063/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Life and Style section of the [UK] Guardian, a lengthy first-person account of a couple who chose abortion after prenatal tests brought a diagnosis of Down syndrome. Nick Hinton reports that the decision gradually tore his family apart. An excerpt: I spent a lot of time wondering where it had gone so horribly [...]]]></description>
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