Scientists Shut Down Chromosome Responsible for Down Syndrome

Life News ^ | July 17, 2013 | Steven Ertelt

[Sopater]

A ‘condition’ can’t choose an abortion, only a human can do that.

I see what you're saying. Thanks for clarifying, and sorry for misunderstanding... I'm doing a pretty good job of that today. ;-)

[tomkat]

No problem .. I'm often a bit too concise for my own good, and clarity suffers.

And re: I'm doing a pretty good job of that today

That's nuthin .. it's only July and I've already made FOUR mistakes this year ! !

grrrr

[Earthdweller]

At first I'm thinking, Wow, that's great. But they say Down's is the "happy gene". Now kids with Down's can be drugged in the womb, then made to be as unhappy or the same as the rest of us. Woohoo./s

I'm thinking, just don't be drugging babies or messing with babies in utero...uhmmmK?

[Tax-chick]

Since many children with Down’s also have heart defects, a good case can be made that you want to know about it in advance. I did not, even in my 40s, have any tests other than ultrasound, but if the “level 2” ultrasound I had at 45 had showed indications for Down’s, we would have pursued additional testing that would help us deal with the baby’s particular physical issues.

[aimhigh]

The article sounds like a fuding request. Turning the one gene off in a fetus would be as difficult as turning it off in a young child or an adult. Getting to every cell would be an impossible feet.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer, additional:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3044157/posts

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Libs would still want to kill ‘em.