Missouri Primed to Become Second State to Outlaw Selective Abortion of Down Syndrome Babies

Breitbart.com ^ | December 15, 2015 | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

[Morgana]

A bill in the Missouri Senate would prevent doctors from performing a selective abortion if a woman is seeking it solely because of a diagnosis of Down syndrome.

Senate bill 802 is sponsored by Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, and prohibits “abortions performed solely because of a prenatal diagnosis, test, or screening indicating Down Syndrome or the potential of Down Syndrome in an unborn child.”

Studies suggest that nationwide more than 90 percent of women who receive a prenatal diagnosis indicating that their child will have Down syndrome end up aborting the child. Moreover, abortion after prenatal diagnosis has effectively reduced the population of individuals living with Down Syndrome in the U.S. by approximately 30 percent, or nearly a third of the entire population.

In 2013, North Dakota became the first state in the U.S. to ban abortions on babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome, after Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the bill into law.

The Missouri bill would require that after every abortion, doctors would have to certify they had no knowledge the abortion was sought solely because of prenatal diagnosis showing Down syndrome. A doctor violating the measure could serve up to a year in prison and pay a fine up to $1,000.

[dem bums]

So, 48 states (or is it 55?) still permit selective murder of children with Down syndrome?

[Bubba_Leroy]

I keep hoping that someone actually will discover a homosexual gene. When people start aborting babies because they have it, liberals' heads will explode.

[BfloGuy]

The law is a nice gesture, but unenforceable. In other words, symbolic.

[Blood of Tyrants]

” bill in the Missouri Senate would prevent doctors from performing a selective abortion if a woman is seeking it solely because of a diagnosis of Down syndrome. “

The key word is “solely”. All she has to do is say she is having the abortion because she wants it and that would be enough to get around the law.

[SatinDoll]

Do you happen to know how many of the abortions performed due to a diagnosis of Down Syndrome actually result in an abortion of a genetically normal baby?

So much money is being made off the stem cells of aborted babies, I suspect that normal children are being misdiagnosed for Down Syndrome.

[CPT Clay]

90% Let that sink in.

[Morgana]

In Denmark it’s 98%.

[Salman]

Does the law kick in if they claim they were going to have the abortion anyway? Under the current legal regime there is absolutely no way this law can be enforced.