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		<title>ABC: Down syndrome births down in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/02/ds-births-down-24917/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;As more than 90 percent of women carrying a child with DS choose to end pregnancies, parents raising these kids say they&#8217;re a &#8216;gift&#8221; In its coverage of recent research documenting widespread terminations of pregnancies involving Down syndrome, ABC News shifts its focus to the growing concern that women are making their decisions based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The human cost of screening for DS&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/29/the-human-cost-of-screening-24842/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the [UK] Guardian, columnist Tom Shakespeare says the statistics on Down syndrome diagnoses mask the &#8220;human cost&#8221; of the UK&#8217;s prenatal screening program. Shakespeare supports a woman&#8217;s right to choose, as well as the right to terminate a pregnancy in which Down syndrome is diagnosed. But he says scientists need to examine the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The upside of Down syndrome&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/28/the-upside-of-down-syndrome-2-24773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the [UK] Guardian, Carol Boys says she supports a woman&#8217;s right to choose whether to have a child with a disability, but cherishes her own son with Down syndrome. An excerpt: Some might say that because I didn&#8217;t have a choice when my son Alex was born 25 years ago, I don&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Collision&#8217; in prenatal testing predicted</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/23/prenatal-testing-collision-22819/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gene Lavanchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michele Hoenig]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interviewed on the FOX 25 Boston Morning News, Dr. Brian Skotko foresaw a &#8220;collision&#8221; between increasingly sophisticated prenatal tests and doctors who have not been trained to interpret the tests or deliver up-to-date information about detectable conditions to prospective parents. Skotko&#8217;s recent research found a decrease in the number of babies born with Down syndrome, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist asks readers to see Lucy &#8216;through loving eyes&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/21/columnist-loving-eyes-22714/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Beckham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beverly Beckham writes in the Boston Globe that her granddaughter, Lucy, who has Down syndrome, &#8220;is part of a class of people that is quietly being eliminated in my country.&#8221; She says Lucy certainly has challenges caused by Down syndrome, but she also has her own unique skills and abilities. Of course, parents want healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A world with no more Down syndrome?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/18/no-more-down-syndrome-22437/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Down syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Checkup blog for the Washington Post, Jennifer LaRue Huget cites a recent article by Dr. Brian Skotko and asks, &#8220;What would the world be like if there were no more people with Down syndrome?&#8221; Huget says Skotko&#8217;s observations in the Archives of Disease in Childhood resonate beyond just one genetic condition. Skotko explored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article: &#8216;Will babies with Down syndrome slowly disappear?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/14/will-babies-with-down-syndrome-disappear-22323/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/14/will-babies-with-down-syndrome-disappear-22323/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (subscription required for full text), Dr. Brian Skotko reports that the number of babies born with Down syndrome has been steadily decreasing around the world as prenatal testing and selective termination have become more widespread. Skotko reports that a trend toward later childbearing in the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;Why Trig Palin has divided America&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/17/trig-palin-divide-america-20291/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/17/trig-palin-divide-america-20291/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Allott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Bauer and Daniel Allott write in Politico.com that Trig Palin has become a lightning rod for criticism against his mother, Sarah Palin. Bauer (no relation) and Allott say the &#8220;hateful response&#8221; that greeted Palin on the campaign trail last year carried &#8220;eugenic overtones&#8221; and reflected a &#8220;broader societal bias against disability.&#8221; Trig Palin has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal embryo test expected soon</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/02/embryo-test-19495/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cystic fibrosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Down syndrome]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[selective termination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Handyside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Fertility Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability news and commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embryo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London's Bridges Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Rutherford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can identify any of 15,000 known genetic disorders, researchers say From the [UK] Times, [UK] Telegraph, BBC News: A universal test to check embryos for almost any genetic condition could be available in the UK within a year, British researchers say. Clinical trials are expected to start within months. Researchers say the £2,500 procedure, called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groups announce consensus on prenatal screening and testing</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/27/consensus-prenatal-19168/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Down Syndrome Society]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Society of Genetic Counselors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the American College of Medical Genetics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of South Carolina's Genetic Counseling Program and Center for Disability Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two national organizations representing people with Down syndrome announced this week that they have reached a consensus with representatives of three national groups of medical professionals to establish common ground on prenatal screening and testing. In a press release, the organizations said the coalition had agreed that health professionals and the public need non-judgmental, non-coercive, [...]]]></description>
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