These people are a joy. We love working with them.
Has Al Gore weighed in on this? He used to make fun of them in speeches.
They should only test for things that they can actually treat neonatally. What good comes from knowing things like this up front? I find it odd that parents want to know the sex of their baby. I like the surprise.
How many "perfect couples" would rather try again in a couple of months and save themselves and their lifestyles if there is a chance their child will force them into inconvenience?
I am betting in places that status is everything to people this will become commonplace if they continue to expand the genetic testing at the parents request.
Just wait til they find a “gay” chromosome or gene sequence....................
Wait ‘til they discover the so-called “gay gene”.
If the test says Down syndrome, look on the bright side. Your child will STILL be smarter than Kathy Griffin.
I’m pregnant with #8 and have always refused the blood test and the amnio.
If the child has Down’s, he/she is still our child and we will adjust.
They can sometimes spot the signs during ultrasounds (by looking at their neck and hands).
If they spot it - I would want to know just to be better prepared for the birth - not to schedule an abortion.
A Down’s baby is still a baby - these babies still are lives created by these parents.
I don’t understand how they can be seen as “disposables”
My wife’s cousin was tested when she was pregnant and the test concluded that the baby had downs and doctors tried to convince her to have an abortion. She declined
When the baby was delivered it was perfectly normal...Her only daughter/child she was able to concieve. Good for her she did not listen to the quacks and stood her moral ground
I know of a woman right now who is pregnant and the children has Down’s. She has offer the child for adoption, but if no one steps up she will abort.
Sadly this is not an isolated case.
In every woman, one of the X chromosomes has been inactivated. Someone should come up with a way to inactivate the extra 21st chromosome in people with Down syndrome.
I am 11 weeks and 5 days along and had a doctor’s visit today where the question of the test for D.S. came up. I am 35, first child. My doctor suggested I not have the blood test but go ahead and have an extensive ultrasound with a specialist, I can’t remember now what she called the specialist. But she said the ultrasound would last about an hour and he would look at everything in detail. I have agreed to do that at about 20 weeks. However, I am glad she suggested I not have the blood test as I didn’t want to anyway. What can I do about the results but worry? There is no way I would have an abortion and I trust God to carry us through whatever happens. Lord, I had no idea being pregnant would be this stressful!!!!
This is a serious concern. My wife and I refused the tests for down syndrome while she was pregnant; we knew we would have the baby either way. The doctor actually lectured my wife on the irresponsibility of having a child with Down Syndrome and tried to persuade her to test, so as to abort in the event of Down’s.
To make matters worse, the blood test has quite a high false positive rate! So, in the event of a positive, if you do not immediately abort, a more invasive test in utero is performed, which actually carries a chance of miscarriage as a side effect of the test itself! All so that you can kill your child rather than be bothered by Down Syndrome. It made me furious.
Eugenics ping...
Our doctor told us it was all about legal CYA.
I suppose there is one of from the “other side of the fence” in every crowd, as evidenced by this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593546/posts?page=134#134
(#134 in case you get lost)
Are they 'disturbed' because 1,000,000 + ABORTIONS happen in this country every YEAR!!
That's over 300 WTC's a YEAR!!
