Eugenics: Study Finds Vast Majority (84%) of Down Syndrome Babies Aborted in Norway

LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/13/08 | Thaddeus M. Baklinski

[Aquinasfan]

I can only imagine that these little angels go straight to heaven. Thank God for that. And may God help the rest of us.

[Aquinasfan]

I know several families with Down’s children and while they all have experienced some difficulties, they also have a bond with these children that is far deeper than a normal parent-child bond. Additionally, these are among the most loving children you will ever meet.

I know of several cases, personally. No parent of a Down's Syndrom child has ever told me that they would want to give up their children.

"Do you regret not aborting your child?" It's a question you'd think most open-minded media people would want to ask. Yet, they don't.

[Zechariah_8_13]

(from babyzone.com)

What is a Choroid Plexus Cyst?

The choroid plexus is an area of the brain that is not involved thinking or personality. Rather, the choroid plexus makes a fluid that protects and nourishes the brain and spinal cord. When a fluid-filled space is seen in the choroid plexus during an ultrasound, it is called a choroid plexus cyst (CPC). “We don’t know why, but between 1 and 3 percent of all fetuses will manifest a CPC at 16 to 24 weeks of pregnancy,” says Dr. Roy A. Filly, a Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Chief of the Section of Diagnostic Sonography at University of California, San Francisco. CPCs can be found either on one side of the brain (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral). They can vary in size and shape, from small and round to large and irregular. Some fetuses have more than one.

Regardless of their number, shape or size, choroid plexus cysts are not harmful to the baby. “I am not aware of a single instance where a CPC caused damage to a fetus,” says Dr. Filly.

Dr. Peter Doubilet, a Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, agrees, “That’s one very important fact. CPCs are not harmful, and they nearly always go away by the third trimester of pregnancy.”

[stevio]

My boy’s cysts didn’t go away exactly at the third trimester. Thank God for the internet, we found similar information right after they told us of our “options”. It was a devastating couple of days and still lingered until his birth. The resentment still surfaces with articles like this. I sometimes think there are ulterior motives.

[E Rocc]

Now that some on the left are criticizing Sarah Palin for giving birth to a Down's Syndrome baby, I guess it can be said that they are being open about supporting eugenics.

-Eric